語癌

Chinese

		speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to	cancer; carcinoma
trad. (語癌)		語	癌
simp. (语癌)		语	癌

Etymology

Homophonic pun on 乳癌 (jyu⁵ ngaam⁴, “breast cancer”) in Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǔ'ái, yǔyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄞˊ, ㄩˇ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ ngaam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǔ'ái
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǔ-ái
    • Wade–Giles: yü³-ai²
    • Yale: yǔ-ái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuair
    • Palladius: юйай (jujaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀaɪ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǔyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǔyán
    • Wade–Giles: yü³-yen²
    • Yale: yǔ-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuyan
    • Palladius: юйянь (jujjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵ ngaam⁴
    • Yale: yúh ngàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ ngaam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ ngam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ ŋaːm²¹/

Noun

語癌

1. (informal) "language cancer": inability to use clear and understandable language

Synonyms

• 語言癌／语言癌