肺炎

Chinese
lung flame; inflammation; ‑itis
trad. (肺炎) 肺 炎
simp. #(肺炎) 肺 炎

Pronunciation

Noun

肺炎

  1. (pathology) pneumonia

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (肺炎):
  • → Japanese: 肺炎(はいえん) (haien)
  • → Korean: 폐렴(肺炎) (pyeryeom)

Others:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
肺 炎
はい
Grade: 6		 えん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

肺 (hai, “lung”) +‎ 炎 (-en, “-itis”)

Pronunciation
  • Homophones: 排煙, 廃園

Noun

肺(はい)炎(えん) • (haien) 

  1. (pathology) pneumonia

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

Korean
Hanja in this term
肺炎

Noun

肺炎 • (pyeryeom) (hangeul 폐렴)

  1. Hanja form? of 폐렴 (“pneumonia”).
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