See 語癌 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "Homophonic pun on 乳癌 (jyu⁵ ngaam⁴, “breast cancer”) in Cantonese.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "语癌",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "語癌",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"\"language cancer\": inability to use clear and understandable language"
],
"id": "en-語癌-zh-noun--bXt75le",
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) \"language cancer\": inability to use clear and understandable language"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "語言癌"
},
{
"word": "语言癌"
}
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǔ'ái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǔyán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄩˇ ㄞˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄩˇ ㄧㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jyu⁵ ngaam⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Taiwan",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǔ'ái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Taiwan",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄩˇ ㄞˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Taiwan",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǔ-ái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Taiwan",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "yü³-ai²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Taiwan",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yǔ-ái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Taiwan",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yeuair"
},
{
"roman": "jujaj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Taiwan",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "юйай"
},
{
"ipa": "/y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀaɪ̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Taiwan",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"variant",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǔyán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"variant",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄩˇ ㄧㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"variant",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǔyán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"variant",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "yü³-yen²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"variant",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yǔ-yán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"variant",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yeuyan"
},
{
"roman": "jujjanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"variant",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "юйянь"
},
{
"ipa": "/y²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"variant",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jyu⁵ ngaam⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yúh ngàahm"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jy⁵ ngaam⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yu⁵ ngam⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/jyː¹³ ŋaːm²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "語癌"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Homophonic pun on 乳癌 (jyu⁵ ngaam⁴, “breast cancer”) in Cantonese.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "语癌",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "語癌",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Cantonese nouns",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese informal terms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese nouns",
"Chinese terms spelled with 癌",
"Chinese terms spelled with 語",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin nouns",
"Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"\"language cancer\": inability to use clear and understandable language"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) \"language cancer\": inability to use clear and understandable language"
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǔ'ái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǔyán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄩˇ ㄞˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄩˇ ㄧㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jyu⁵ ngaam⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Taiwan",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǔ'ái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Taiwan",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄩˇ ㄞˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Taiwan",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǔ-ái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Taiwan",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "yü³-ai²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Taiwan",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yǔ-ái"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Taiwan",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yeuair"
},
{
"roman": "jujaj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Taiwan",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "юйай"
},
{
"ipa": "/y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀaɪ̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Mainland-China",
"standard",
"Taiwan",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"variant",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǔyán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"variant",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄩˇ ㄧㄢˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"variant",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǔyán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"variant",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "yü³-yen²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"variant",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yǔ-yán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"variant",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yeuyan"
},
{
"roman": "jujjanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"variant",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "юйянь"
},
{
"ipa": "/y²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Taiwan",
"variant",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "jyu⁵ ngaam⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yúh ngàahm"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jy⁵ ngaam⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yu⁵ ngam⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/jyː¹³ ŋaːm²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "語言癌"
},
{
"word": "语言癌"
}
],
"word": "語癌"
}
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