扁桃腺
Chinese edit
almond; flat peach | gland | ||
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trad. (扁桃腺) | 扁桃 | 腺 | |
simp. #(扁桃腺) | 扁桃 | 腺 |
Etymology edit
Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 扁桃腺 (hentōsen) (Liu et al., 1984; Huang, 2020), attested as early as 1902 (Huang, 2020).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
扁桃腺
- (anatomy, immunology) tonsil [from 20th c.]
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 扁桃腺 (“tonsil”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 扁桃腺, 扁桃體 Mainland China | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 扁桃腺 |
Cantonese | Hong Kong | 扁桃腺 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 扁桃腺 |
Quanzhou | 扁桃腺 | |
Zhangzhou | 扁桃腺 | |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 扁桃腺 |
Derived terms edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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扁 | 桃 | 腺 |
へん Hyōgaiji |
とう Grade: S |
せん Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
扁桃腺 • (hentōsen) ←へんたうせん (fentausen)?
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- 扁桃腺炎 (hentōsen'en): tonsillitis
- 扁桃腺切除 (hentōsen setsujo): tonsillectomy