急性

Chinese

		hurried; worried	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (急性)		急	性
simp. #(急性)		急	性
anagram		性急

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gap¹ sing³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kip-sèng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gib⁴ sên³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jísìng
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-hsing⁴
    • Yale: jí-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyishinq
    • Palladius: цзисин (czisin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gap¹ sing³
    • Yale: gāp sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gap⁷ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: geb¹ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐp̚⁵ sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kip-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: kip-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kipsexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kip̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kip̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kip̚³²⁻⁵ siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kip̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kip̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gib⁴ sên³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kip sèⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kip̚²⁻⁴ sẽ²¹³/

Adjective

急性

1. (medicine) acute

   急性胰腺炎  ―  jíxìng yíxiànyán  ―  acute pancreatitis

2. Synonym of 急性子 (jíxìngzi, “impatient”)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “acute”): 亞急性／亚急性 (yàjíxìng), 慢性 (mànxìng)

Derived terms

• 嚴重急性呼吸道症候群 / 严重急性呼吸道症候群 (yánzhòng jíxìng hūxīdào zhènghòuqún)
• 嚴重急性呼吸道綜合症 / 严重急性呼吸道综合症 (yánzhòng jíxìng hūxīdào zōnghézhèng)
• 急性病 (jíxìngbìng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
急	性
きゅう Grade: 3	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

急(きゅう)性(せい) • (kyūsei) 

1. acuteness

Antonyms

• 慢性(まんせい) (mansei, “chronicity”)
• 一過性(いっかせい) (ikkasei, “transience”)

Derived terms

• 急性灰白髄炎(きゅうせいかいはくずいえん) (kyūseikaihakuzuien, “polio”)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
急	性

Adjective

急性

1. chữ Hán form of cấp tính (“acute”).