流行性
Chinese
prevalent; widespread; endemic | sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity | ||
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simp. and trad. (流行性) |
流行 | 性 |
Pronunciation
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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流 | 行 | 性 |
りゅう Grade: 3 |
こう Grade: 2 |
せい Grade: 5 |
on’yomi |
Usage notes
This term nearly always occurs in compounds, specifically names of epidemic diseases such as 流行性感冒 (“influenza”). The term for an epidemic, or an outbreak of highly contagious disease, is 流行病.
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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