新冠肺炎

Chinese

This Chinese term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.

		new; newly; meso- (chem.)	to head; hat; crown to head; hat; crown; crest; cap	pneumonia
trad. (新冠肺炎)		新	冠	肺炎
simp. #(新冠肺炎)		新	冠	肺炎

Etymology

Short for 新型冠狀病毒肺炎／新型冠状病毒肺炎 (xīnxíng guānzhuàng bìngdú fèiyán).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnguān fèiyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄈㄟˋ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ gun¹ fai³ jim⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sin-koan hì-iām

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sing¹ guang¹ hui³ iam⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnguān fèiyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄈㄟˋ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singuan fèiyán
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-kuan¹ fei⁴-yen²
    • Yale: syīn-gwān fèi-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinguan feyyan
    • Palladius: синьгуань фэйянь (sinʹguanʹ fɛjjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: san¹ gun¹ fai³ jim⁴
    • Yale: sān gūn fai yìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ gun¹ fai³ jim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ gun¹ fei³ yim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ kuːn⁵⁵ fɐi̯³³ jiːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-koan hì-iām
    • Tâi-lô: sin-kuan hì-iām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinkoafn hie'iam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² kuan⁴⁴⁻²² hi²¹⁻⁵³ iam²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sing¹ guang¹ hui³ iam⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sing kuang hùi iām
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ³³⁻²³ kuaŋ³³⁻²³ hui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ iam¹¹/

Noun

新冠肺炎

1. (pathology, virology, chiefly Mainland China, Hong Kong) COVID-19

Synonyms

• 武漢肺炎／武汉肺炎 (Wǔhàn fèiyán)