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鼻炎

鼻炎

Chinese

		nose	flame; inflammation; -itis
simp. and trad. (鼻炎)		鼻	炎

Noun

鼻炎

nasal inflammation; rhinitis; sinus infection

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鼻	炎
び Grade: 3	えん Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

鼻 ‎(“nose”) +‎ 炎 ‎(“-itis”)

Noun

鼻炎 ‎(hiragana びえん, romaji bien)

(pathology) nasal inflammation; rhinitis; sinus infection

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): bíyán

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˊ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ jim⁴
Min Nan (POJ): phīⁿ-iām

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: bíyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˊ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: byiyan
  - IPA ^(key): /pi³⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei⁶ jim⁴
  - Yale: beih yìhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ jim⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² jiːm²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phīⁿ-iām
  - Tâi-lô: phīnn-iām
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phvixiam
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰĩ²²⁻²¹ iam²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰĩ⁴¹⁻²² iam⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰĩ²²⁻²¹ iam²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰĩ³³⁻¹¹ iam³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰĩ³³⁻²¹ iam³³/