"癌" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /ˀaɪ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jɛn³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ŋai²¹/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ŋaːm²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ᵑɡam²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /ŋam¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /ŋam¹¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /ɣai¹¹/ [Jin, Sinological-IPA, Taiyuan], /ŋaŋ⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /ɡam²⁴/ [Changtai, Hokkien, Hui'an, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen], /ɡam²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /ɡam¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /ɡam²¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangpu], /ŋam⁵⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ˀaɪ̯³⁵/, /jɛn³⁵/, /ŋai²¹/, /ŋaːm²¹/, /ᵑɡam²²/, /ŋam¹¹/, /ŋam¹¹/, /ɣai¹¹/, /ŋaŋ⁵³/, /ɡam²⁴/, /ɡam²³/, /ɡam¹³/, /ɡam²¹³/, /ŋam⁵⁵/, /ŋe²³/ Chinese transliterations: ái [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], yán [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄞˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ㄧㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ngai² [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], ngaam⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], ngam³ [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], ngàm [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], ngam² [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], ghai¹ [Jin, Wiktionary-specific], ngàng, gâm [Hokkien, POJ], ngam⁵ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁶nge, ái [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄞˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ái [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ai² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], ái [Mandarin, Yale], air [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], ай [Mandarin, Palladius], aj [Mandarin, Palladius], yán [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄧㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], yán [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yen² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yán [Mandarin, Yale], yan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], янь [Mandarin, Palladius], janʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], ngai [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], ngaam⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ngàahm [Cantonese, Yale], ngaam⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ngam⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ngam³ [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], ngàm [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ngamˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], ngam² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], ghai¹ [Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary-specific], ngàng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], gâm [Hokkien, Tai-lo], gaam [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ngâm [POJ, Teochew], ⁶nge [Wu], nge^去 [Wu], ³nge [Wu], /ŋe²³/ [Wu]
Etymology: From 岩 (yán, “cliff; rock, stone”), since some cancers present as lumps or outgrowths on the body. In Mandarin, this character used to be pronounced identically as 岩 (yán). Its pronunciation was changed to ái in December 1962 to avoid the homophony between 癌 (yán, “cancer”) and 炎 (yán, “inflammation”) (compare 肺炎 (fèiyán, “pneumonia”) and 肺癌 (fèi'ái, “lung cancer”)). The new pronunciation ái stems from dialectal pronunciations of 岩 (“rock; cliff”) /ŋai/, influenced by 崖 (yá, yái, “cliff”). Etymology templates: {{zh-l|岩|cliff; rock, stone}} 岩 (yán, “cliff; rock, stone”), {{zh-l|岩}} 岩 (yán), {{zh-l|癌|cancer|tr=yán}} 癌 (yán, “cancer”), {{zh-l|炎|inflammation}} 炎 (yán, “inflammation”), {{zh-l|肺炎|pneumonia}} 肺炎 (fèiyán, “pneumonia”), {{zh-l|肺癌|lung cancer}} 肺癌 (fèi'ái, “lung cancer”), {{zh-l|*岩|rock; cliff}} 岩 (“rock; cliff”), {{zh-l|崖|cliff|tr=yá, yái}} 崖 (yá, yái, “cliff”) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 癌
  1. cancer; carcinoma Categories (topical): Diseases, Medicine, Oncology
    Sense id: en-癌-zh-character-GL4qgvg3 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Intermediate Mandarin, Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations Derived forms: 乳癌 (rǔ'ái), 乳腺癌 (rǔxiàn'ái), 前列腺癌 (qiánlièxiàn'ái), 卵巢癌 (luǎncháo'ái), 口腔癌 (kǒuqiāng'ái), 喉癌 (hóu'ái), 大腸癌 (dàcháng'ái), 大肠癌 (dàcháng'ái), 子宮癌 (zǐgōng'ái), 子宫癌 (zǐgōng'ái), 子宮頸癌 (zǐgōngjǐng'ái), 子宫颈癌 (zǐgōngjǐng'ái), 宮頸癌 (gōngjǐng'ái), 宫颈癌 (gōngjǐng'ái), 患癌 (huàn'ái), 抗癌 (kàng'ái), 淋巴癌 (línbā'ái), 癌症 (áizhèng), 癌瘤 (áiliú), 癌細胞 (áixìbāo), 癌细胞 (áixìbāo), 癌腫 (áizhǒng), 癌肿 (áizhǒng), 癌變 (áibiàn), 癌变 (áibiàn), 皮膚癌 (pífū'ái), 皮肤癌 (pífū'ái), 直男癌 (zhínán'ái), 直腸癌 (zhícháng'ái), 直肠癌 (zhícháng'ái), 肝癌 (gān'ái), 肺癌 (fèi'ái), 胃癌 (wèi'ái), 胰腺癌 (yíxiàn'ái), 腎癌 (shèn'ái), 肾癌 (shèn'ái), 腎臟癌 (shènzàng'ái), 肾脏癌 (shènzàng'ái), 腸癌 (cháng'ái), 肠癌 (cháng'ái), 腺癌 (xiàn'ái), 腦癌 (nǎo'ái), 脑癌 (nǎo'ái), 膀胱癌 (pángguāng'ái), 致癌 (zhì'ái), 血癌 (xuè'ái), 防癌 (fáng'ái), 食道癌 (shídào'ái), 骨癌 (gǔ'ái), 鼻咽癌 (bíyān'ái)

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          "roman": "rǔ'ái",
          "word": "乳癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rǔxiàn'ái",
          "word": "乳腺癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qiánlièxiàn'ái",
          "word": "前列腺癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "luǎncháo'ái",
          "word": "卵巢癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kǒuqiāng'ái",
          "word": "口腔癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hóu'ái",
          "word": "喉癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dàcháng'ái",
          "word": "大腸癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dàcháng'ái",
          "word": "大肠癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zǐgōng'ái",
          "word": "子宮癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zǐgōng'ái",
          "word": "子宫癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zǐgōngjǐng'ái",
          "word": "子宮頸癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zǐgōngjǐng'ái",
          "word": "子宫颈癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gōngjǐng'ái",
          "word": "宮頸癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gōngjǐng'ái",
          "word": "宫颈癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "huàn'ái",
          "word": "患癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kàng'ái",
          "word": "抗癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "línbā'ái",
          "word": "淋巴癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "áizhèng",
          "word": "癌症"
        },
        {
          "roman": "áiliú",
          "word": "癌瘤"
        },
        {
          "roman": "áixìbāo",
          "word": "癌細胞"
        },
        {
          "roman": "áixìbāo",
          "word": "癌细胞"
        },
        {
          "roman": "áizhǒng",
          "word": "癌腫"
        },
        {
          "roman": "áizhǒng",
          "word": "癌肿"
        },
        {
          "roman": "áibiàn",
          "word": "癌變"
        },
        {
          "roman": "áibiàn",
          "word": "癌变"
        },
        {
          "roman": "pífū'ái",
          "word": "皮膚癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "pífū'ái",
          "word": "皮肤癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhínán'ái",
          "word": "直男癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhícháng'ái",
          "word": "直腸癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhícháng'ái",
          "word": "直肠癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gān'ái",
          "word": "肝癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fèi'ái",
          "word": "肺癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "wèi'ái",
          "word": "胃癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yíxiàn'ái",
          "word": "胰腺癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shèn'ái",
          "word": "腎癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shèn'ái",
          "word": "肾癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shènzàng'ái",
          "word": "腎臟癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shènzàng'ái",
          "word": "肾脏癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cháng'ái",
          "word": "腸癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cháng'ái",
          "word": "肠癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiàn'ái",
          "word": "腺癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nǎo'ái",
          "word": "腦癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nǎo'ái",
          "word": "脑癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "pángguāng'ái",
          "word": "膀胱癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhì'ái",
          "word": "致癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xuè'ái",
          "word": "血癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fáng'ái",
          "word": "防癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shídào'ái",
          "word": "食道癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gǔ'ái",
          "word": "骨癌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bíyān'ái",
          "word": "鼻咽癌"
        }
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          "english": "cancer",
          "roman": "áizhèng",
          "text": "癌症",
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        {
          "english": "to cause cancer",
          "roman": "zhì'ái",
          "text": "致癌",
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        },
        {
          "english": "lung cancer",
          "roman": "fèi'ái",
          "text": "肺癌",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "male chauvinism (literally, “straight men's cancer”)",
          "roman": "zhínán'ái",
          "text": "直男癌",
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    },
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    },
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        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
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    },
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        "Jyutping"
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        "Sixian"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngam²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ghai¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ngàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gâm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngam⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶nge"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "air"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ай"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "янь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "janʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋai²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngaam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngàahm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngaam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngam⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋaːm²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngam³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵑɡam²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngàm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngamˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngam²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋam¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋam¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ghai¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɣai¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngàng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋaŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gâm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaam"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡam²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Changtai",
        "Hokkien",
        "Hui'an",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Nan'an",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡam²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡam¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡam²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangpu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngâm"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋam⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶nge"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nge^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³nge"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ŋe²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛn³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋai²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋaːm²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵑɡam²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋam¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋam¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɣai¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋaŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡam²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡam²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡam¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡam²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋam⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋe²³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "癌"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "rǔ'ái",
      "word": "乳癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rǔxiàn'ái",
      "word": "乳腺癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiánlièxiàn'ái",
      "word": "前列腺癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luǎncháo'ái",
      "word": "卵巢癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kǒuqiāng'ái",
      "word": "口腔癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hóu'ái",
      "word": "喉癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàcháng'ái",
      "word": "大腸癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàcháng'ái",
      "word": "大肠癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zǐgōng'ái",
      "word": "子宮癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zǐgōng'ái",
      "word": "子宫癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zǐgōngjǐng'ái",
      "word": "子宮頸癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zǐgōngjǐng'ái",
      "word": "子宫颈癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gōngjǐng'ái",
      "word": "宮頸癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gōngjǐng'ái",
      "word": "宫颈癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huàn'ái",
      "word": "患癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kàng'ái",
      "word": "抗癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "línbā'ái",
      "word": "淋巴癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "áizhèng",
      "word": "癌症"
    },
    {
      "roman": "áiliú",
      "word": "癌瘤"
    },
    {
      "roman": "áixìbāo",
      "word": "癌細胞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "áixìbāo",
      "word": "癌细胞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "áizhǒng",
      "word": "癌腫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "áizhǒng",
      "word": "癌肿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "áibiàn",
      "word": "癌變"
    },
    {
      "roman": "áibiàn",
      "word": "癌变"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pífū'ái",
      "word": "皮膚癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pífū'ái",
      "word": "皮肤癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhínán'ái",
      "word": "直男癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhícháng'ái",
      "word": "直腸癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhícháng'ái",
      "word": "直肠癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gān'ái",
      "word": "肝癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fèi'ái",
      "word": "肺癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wèi'ái",
      "word": "胃癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yíxiàn'ái",
      "word": "胰腺癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shèn'ái",
      "word": "腎癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shèn'ái",
      "word": "肾癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shènzàng'ái",
      "word": "腎臟癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shènzàng'ái",
      "word": "肾脏癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cháng'ái",
      "word": "腸癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cháng'ái",
      "word": "肠癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiàn'ái",
      "word": "腺癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nǎo'ái",
      "word": "腦癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nǎo'ái",
      "word": "脑癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pángguāng'ái",
      "word": "膀胱癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhì'ái",
      "word": "致癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuè'ái",
      "word": "血癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fáng'ái",
      "word": "防癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shídào'ái",
      "word": "食道癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǔ'ái",
      "word": "骨癌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bíyān'ái",
      "word": "鼻咽癌"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "岩",
        "2": "cliff; rock, stone"
      },
      "expansion": "岩 (yán, “cliff; rock, stone”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "岩"
      },
      "expansion": "岩 (yán)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "癌",
        "2": "cancer",
        "tr": "yán"
      },
      "expansion": "癌 (yán, “cancer”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "炎",
        "2": "inflammation"
      },
      "expansion": "炎 (yán, “inflammation”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "肺炎",
        "2": "pneumonia"
      },
      "expansion": "肺炎 (fèiyán, “pneumonia”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "肺癌",
        "2": "lung cancer"
      },
      "expansion": "肺癌 (fèi'ái, “lung cancer”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*岩",
        "2": "rock; cliff"
      },
      "expansion": "岩 (“rock; cliff”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "崖",
        "2": "cliff",
        "tr": "yá, yái"
      },
      "expansion": "崖 (yá, yái, “cliff”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 岩 (yán, “cliff; rock, stone”), since some cancers present as lumps or outgrowths on the body.\nIn Mandarin, this character used to be pronounced identically as 岩 (yán). Its pronunciation was changed to ái in December 1962 to avoid the homophony between 癌 (yán, “cancer”) and 炎 (yán, “inflammation”) (compare 肺炎 (fèiyán, “pneumonia”) and 肺癌 (fèi'ái, “lung cancer”)). The new pronunciation ái stems from dialectal pronunciations of 岩 (“rock; cliff”) /ŋai/, influenced by 崖 (yá, yái, “cliff”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "癌",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese nouns",
        "Chinese Han characters",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Eastern Min lemmas",
        "Eastern Min nouns",
        "Hakka lemmas",
        "Hakka nouns",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien nouns",
        "Intermediate Mandarin",
        "Jin lemmas",
        "Jin nouns",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with audio links",
        "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Sichuanese lemmas",
        "Sichuanese nouns",
        "Taishanese lemmas",
        "Taishanese nouns",
        "Teochew lemmas",
        "Teochew nouns",
        "Wu lemmas",
        "Wu nouns",
        "zh:Diseases",
        "zh:Medicine",
        "zh:Oncology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "cancer",
          "roman": "áizhèng",
          "text": "癌症",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to cause cancer",
          "roman": "zhì'ái",
          "text": "致癌",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "lung cancer",
          "roman": "fèi'ái",
          "text": "肺癌",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "male chauvinism (literally, “straight men's cancer”)",
          "roman": "zhínán'ái",
          "text": "直男癌",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cancer; carcinoma"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cancer",
          "cancer"
        ],
        [
          "carcinoma",
          "carcinoma"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngai²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngaam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngam³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngàm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngam²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ghai¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ngàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gâm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngam⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶nge"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄞˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ái"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "air"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ай"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "янь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "janʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋai²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngaam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngàahm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngaam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngam⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋaːm²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngam³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵑɡam²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngàm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngamˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngam²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋam¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋam¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ghai¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɣai¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngàng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋaŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gâm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaam"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡam²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Changtai",
        "Hokkien",
        "Hui'an",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Nan'an",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡam²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ɡam¹³/",
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        "Zhangzhou"
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        "Teochew"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ŋam⁵⁵/",
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    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "nge^去"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "³nge"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/jɛn³⁵/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ŋai²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋaːm²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵑɡam²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋam¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋam¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɣai¹¹/"
    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ɡam²³/"
    },
    {
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ɡam²¹³/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ŋam⁵⁵/"
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      "ipa": "/ŋe²³/"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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