童子癆

Chinese

		child, especially a boy; scholar who has not passed the county level imperial exam	tuberculosis
trad. (童子癆)		童子	癆
simp. (童子痨)		童子	痨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngzǐláo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄗˇ ㄌㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ zi² lou⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): tung² zi lau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngzǐláo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄗˇ ㄌㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngzǐhláo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-tzŭ³-lao²
    • Yale: túng-dž-láu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngtzyylau
    • Palladius: тунцзылао (tunczylao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ zi² lou⁴
    • Yale: tùhng jí lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ dzi² lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ ji² lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː³⁵ lou̯²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: tung² zi lau⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuŋ²⁴ t͡sz̩² lau³⁵/

Noun

童子癆

1. (pathology) infantile pulmonary tuberculosis

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 童子消, 童子虛／童子虚