耳聾

See also: 耳聋

Chinese

ear deaf
trad. (耳聾)
simp. (耳聋)

Pronunciation


Adjective

耳聾

  1. deaf

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 耳聾目花耳聋目花
  • 耳聾眼花耳聋眼花
  • 舌弊耳聾舌弊耳聋
  • 詐耳聾诈耳聋

References

  • Duffus, William (1883), “deaf”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 64

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
ろう
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 耳聾 (nyiX luwng, literally ear + deaf). Compare modern Cantonese reading ji5 lung4.

Pronunciation

Noun

耳聾 (hiragana じろう, rōmaji jirō)

  1. deafness

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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