癰疽

See also: 痈疽

Chinese

		carbuncle	gangrene
trad. (癰疽)		癰	疽
simp. (痈疽)		痈	疽

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	癰	疽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於容切	七余切
Baxter	'jowng	tshjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨoŋ/	/t͡sʰɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔioŋ/	/t͡sʰiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔioŋ/	/t͡sʰiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuawŋ/	/t͡sʰɨə̆/
Li Rong	/ʔioŋ/	/t͡sʰiɔ/
Wang Li	/ĭwoŋ/	/t͡sʰĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯woŋ/	/t͡sʰi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yōng	qū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jung1	ceoi1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	癰
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yōng
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjowng ›
Old Chinese	/*q(r)oŋ/
English	ulcer
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	癰	疽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15408	10421
Phonetic component	邕	且
Rime group	東	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	邕	疽
Old Chinese	/*qoŋ/	/*sʰa/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōngjū

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥ ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung¹ zeoi¹ / jung¹ ceoi¹ / jung² zeoi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iong-chhu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōngjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yongjyu
    • Wade–Giles: yung¹-chü¹
    • Yale: yūng-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iongjiu
    • Palladius: юнцзюй (junczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung¹ zeoi¹ / jung¹ ceoi¹ / jung² zeoi¹
    • Yale: yūng jēui / yūng chēui / yúng jēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung¹ dzoey¹ / jung¹ tsoey¹ / jung² dzoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung¹ zêu¹ / yung¹ cêu¹ / yung² zêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵/, /jʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/, /jʊŋ³⁵ t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iong-chhu
    • Tâi-lô: iong-tshu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iongzhw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jowng tshjo

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qoŋ  sʰa/

Noun

癰疽

1. (literally, traditional Chinese medicine) skin abscess and ulcer; noxious sore
2. (figuratively) disaster; calamity; catastrophe

Synonyms

• (skin abscess): 毒瘡／毒疮 (dúchuāng)
• (disaster):

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• 亂兒／乱儿 (luànr) (dialectal)
• 人禍／人祸 (rénhuò) (man-made disaster)
• 劫 (jié) (Buddhism)
• 劫煞 (Hokkien)
• 劫難／劫难 (jiénàn)
• 厄 (literary, or in compounds)
• 大禍／大祸 (dàhuò) (major catastrophe)
• 大難／大难 (dànàn) (major catastrophe)
• 天災／天灾 (tiānzāi) (natural disaster)
• 央厄 (yāng'è) (literary)
• 奇禍／奇祸 (qíhuò) (literary, unexpected disaster)
• 巨禍／巨祸 (jùhuò) (literary)
• 患 (huàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 慘事／惨事 (cǎnshì)
• 慘劇／惨剧 (cǎnjù)
• 慘禍／惨祸 (cǎnhuò) (tragic accident)
• 沙𧐔 (sua¹ sab⁴) (Teochew)
• 浩劫 (hàojié)
• 災／灾 (zāi) (literary, or in compounds)
• 災劫／灾劫 (zāijié) (literary)
• 災厄／灾厄 (zāi'è) (literary)
• 災害／灾害 (zāihài)
• 災殃／灾殃 (zāiyāng)
• 災禍／灾祸 (zāihuò)
• 災變／灾变 (zāibiàn) (literary, natural disaster)
• 災難／灾难 (zāinàn)
• 眚沴 (shěnglì) (literary)
• 禍／祸 (huò) (literary, or in compounds)
• 禍事／祸事 (huòshì)
• 禍害／祸害 (huòhài)
• 禍息／祸息 (ho⁵ si⁶) (Xiang)
• 禍患／祸患 (huòhuàn)
• 禍殃／祸殃 (huòyāng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (癰疽):

• → Japanese: 癰(よう)疽(そ) (yōso)
• → Korean: 옹저(癰疽) (ongjeo)
• → Vietnamese: ung thư (癰疽)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
癰	疽

Noun

癰疽

1. chữ Hán form of ung thư (“cancer”).