See also: 耳聋

Chinese

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ear deaf
trad. (耳聾)
simp. (耳聋)
anagram 聾耳聋耳

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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耳聾

  1. deaf

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (耳聾):
  • Japanese: ()(ろう) (jirō)
  • Korean: 이롱(耳聾) (irong)

Noun

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耳聾

  1. (Eastern Min, Teochew) deaf person

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References

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  • Duffus, William (1883) “deaf”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 64

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
ろう
Hyōgai
kan'on

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 耳聾 (MC nyiX luwng, literally “ear + deaf”). Compare modern Cantonese reading ji5 lung4.

First cited to a text from 1466.[1]

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Noun

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()(ろう) (jirōじろう (zirou)?

  1. [from 1466] (rare) deafness

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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耳聾 (irong) (hangeul 이롱)

  1. hanja form? of 이롱