慢性

Chinese

		slow	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (慢性)		慢	性
simp. #(慢性)		慢	性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mànxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ sing³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): man-sin
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bān-sèng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mang⁷ sên³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mànxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mànsìng
    • Wade–Giles: man⁴-hsing⁴
    • Yale: màn-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mannshinq
    • Palladius: маньсин (manʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ sing³
    • Yale: maahn sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² sɪŋ³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 慢性 萬姓／万姓

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: man-sin
    • Hakka Romanization System: man xin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: man⁴ xin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /man⁵⁵ sin⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: bān-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxnsexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mang⁷ sên³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: māng sèⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ¹¹ sẽ²¹³/

Adjective

慢性

1. (medicine) chronic

   慢性腎炎難以自愈。 [MSC, trad.]
   慢性肾炎难以自愈。 [MSC, simp.]

   Mànxìng shènyán nányǐ zìyù. [Pinyin]

   Chronic nephritis rarely heals by itself.

   慢性疼痛  ―  mànxìng téngtòng  ―  chronic pain

   慢性精神疾病  ―  mànxìng jīngshén jíbìng  ―  chronic mental illness

2. Synonym of 慢性子 (mànxìngzi, “phlegmatic”)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “chronic”): 急性 (jíxìng), 亞急性／亚急性 (yàjíxìng)

Derived terms

• 慢性子 (mànxìngzi)
• 慢性病 (mànxìngbìng)
• 慢性阻塞性肺病

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
慢	性
まん Grade: S	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

慢(まん)性(せい) • (mansei) 

1. (medicine) chronicity, inveteracy (a medical condition of extended duration)
2. (generally): chronicity, inveteracy (a negative situation of extended duration)

Antonyms

• 急性(きゅうせい) (kyūsei, “acuteness”)
• 一過性(いっかせい) (ikkasei, “transience”)

Derived terms

• 慢性的(まんせいてき) (manseiteki, “inveterate”)

References

• Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
慢	性

Noun

慢性 • (manseong) (hangeul 만성)

1. Hanja form^? of 만성 (“chronicity; being chronic”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
慢	性

Adjective

慢性

1. chữ Hán form of mạn tính (“chronic”).