流行性

Chinese

		prevalent; widespread; popular prevalent; widespread; popular; in vogue; fashionable	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (流行性)		流行	性
simp. ^#(流行性)		流行	性

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liúxíngxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ hang⁴ sing³
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): liu⁵ gian⁵ sên³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liúxíngxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lióusíngsìng
  - Wade–Giles: liu²-hsing²-hsing⁴
  - Yale: lyóu-syíng-syìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioushyngshinq
  - Palladius: люсинсин (ljusinsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lau⁴ hang⁴ sing³
  - Yale: làuh hàhng sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ hang⁴ sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ heng⁴ xing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ hɐŋ²¹ sɪŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: liu⁵ gian⁵ sên³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liû kiâⁿ sèⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ²¹³/

Noun

流行性

epidemicity
流行性腦膜炎／流行性脑膜炎 ― liúxíngxìng nǎomóyán ― epidemic meningitis

Derived terms

流行性感冒 (liúxíngxìng gǎnmào)
流行性腦膜炎 / 流行性脑膜炎 (liúxíngxìng nǎomóyán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
流	行	性
りゅう Grade: 3	こう Grade: 2	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

流(りゅう)行(こう)性(せい) • (ryūkōsei)

epidemic nature (being highly contagious)

Usage notes

This term nearly always occurs in compounds, specifically names of epidemic diseases such as 流行性感冒 (“influenza”). The term for an epidemic, or an outbreak of highly contagious disease, is 流行病.

References

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