糜爛

See also: 糜烂

Chinese

		dissolved; rice-gruel; wasted	rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely
trad. (糜爛)		糜	爛
simp. (糜烂)		糜	烂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mílàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ laan⁶ / mai⁴ laan⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mì-lan
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bî-lān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mílàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mílàn
    • Wade–Giles: mi²-lan⁴
    • Yale: mí-làn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: milann
    • Palladius: милань (milanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ län⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁴ laan⁶ / mai⁴ laan⁶
    • Yale: mèih laahn / màih laahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ laan⁶ / mai⁴ laan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ lan⁶ / mei⁴ lan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ laːn²²/, /mɐi̯²¹ laːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mì-lan
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˇ lan
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi² lan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mi¹¹ lan⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî-lān
    • Tâi-lô: bî-lān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bilan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴⁻²² lan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³⁻²² lan²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴⁻²² lan²²/

Verb

糜爛

1. to fester; to suppurate; to rot; to decay
2. (literary) to ravage; to devastate; to make havoc of

Synonyms

• (to fester): 化膿／化脓 (huànóng), 潰爛／溃烂 (kuìlàn), (Hokkien) 煮膿／煮脓

Derived terms

• 宮頸糜爛／宫颈糜烂 (gōngjǐng mílàn)

 

Adjective

糜爛

1. debauched; dissipated; decadent; degenerate; rotten to the core
2. rotten; putrid

Synonyms

• 腐朽 (fǔxiǔ)