淚腺

See also: 涙腺

Chinese

		tears	gland
trad. (淚腺)		淚	腺
simp. (泪腺)		泪	腺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lèixiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁶ sin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lèixiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lèisiàn
    • Wade–Giles: lei⁴-hsien⁴
    • Yale: lèi-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leyshiann
    • Palladius: лэйсянь (lɛjsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁶ sin³
    • Yale: leuih sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁶ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁶ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²² siːn³³/

Noun

淚腺

1. lacrimal gland; tear gland
   • 2021, “記憶棉 [Pillow Talk]”, 林寶 [Jackson Lam] (lyrics), 徐浩 [Terry Chui] (music)‎^[1]performed by 張天賦 [MC]:

     就當淚腺失調　早滲入記憶　你怪不了 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     就当泪腺失调　早渗入记忆　你怪不了 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     zau⁶ dong³ leoi⁶ sin³ sat¹ tiu⁴, zou² sam³ jap⁶ gei³ jik¹, nei⁵ gwaai³ bat¹ liu⁵ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
淚	腺
るい Jinmeiyō	せん Grade: S
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 淚腺 – see the following entry.

【涙腺るいせん】 [noun] (anatomy) lacrimal gland, tear gland

(This term, 淚腺, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
淚	腺

Noun

淚腺 • (nuseon) (hangeul 누선)

1. hanja form^? of 누선 (“lacrimal gland; tear gland”)