腦退化症

Chinese

		brain	to degenerate; to atrophy; to deteriorate to degenerate; to atrophy; to deteriorate; to worsen; to decline; to fall; to drop	disease; illness; indication or sign of disease
trad. (腦退化症)		腦	退化	症
simp. (脑退化症)		脑	退化	症

Etymology

This term was chosen in a naming competition held by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing in 2010.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎotuìhuàzhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˇ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄓㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁵ tui³ faa³ zing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎotuìhuàzhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˇ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎotuèihuàjhèng
    • Wade–Giles: nao³-tʻui⁴-hua⁴-chêng⁴
    • Yale: nǎu-twèi-hwà-jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naotueyhuahjenq
    • Palladius: наотуйхуачжэн (naotujxuačžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nou⁵ tui³ faa³ zing³
    • Yale: nóuh tui fa jing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁵ tui³ faa³ dzing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: nou⁵ tui³ fa³ jing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nou̯¹³ tʰuːi̯³³ faː³³ t͡sɪŋ³³/

Noun

腦退化症

1. (Hong Kong, neurology) dementia; Alzheimer's disease

Synonyms

• 老人痴呆 (lǎorén chīdāi)
• 老年痴呆 (lǎonián chīdāi)