癲癇

See also: 癫痫

Chinese

convulsions; crazy epilepsy; insanity
trad. (癲癇)
simp. (癫痫)

Pronunciation


Noun

癲癇

  1. (medicine) (, ) epilepsy

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 癲癇 (“epilepsy”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 癲癇
Mandarin Beijing 羊癲瘋, 羊角風
Cantonese Guangzhou 羊吊
Min Nan Xiamen 羊眩
Quanzhou 羊眩
Zhangzhou 羊眩, 羊母眩
Taipei 羊眩
Kaohsiung 羊眩
Tainan 羊眩
Taichung 羊眩
Hsinchu 羊眩
Lukang 羊眩
Sanxia 羊眩
Yilan 羊眩
Magong 羊眩
Penang 羊眩
Philippines (Manila) 羊眩

Japanese

Kanji in this term
てん
Hyōgaiji
かん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 癲癇

Pronunciation

Noun

癲癇 (hiragana てんかん, rōmaji tenkan)

  1. (pathology) epilepsy

Usage notes

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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