前列腺

Chinese

		front row; front rank	gland
trad. (前列腺)		前列	腺
simp. #(前列腺)		前列	腺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánlièxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ lit⁶ sin³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiân-lia̍t-sòaⁿ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánlièxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánlièsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-lieh⁴-hsien⁴
    • Yale: chyán-lyè-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanliehshiann
    • Palladius: цяньлесянь (cjanʹlesjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ li̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ lit⁶ sin³
    • Yale: chìhn liht sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ lit⁹ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ lid⁶ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ liːt̚² siːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-lia̍t-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-lia̍t-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cienliadsvoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² liɛt̚⁴⁻³² suã²¹/

Noun

前列腺

1. (anatomy) prostate

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 前列腺 (“prostate gland”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		前列腺
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	攝護腺, 前列腺
Cantonese	Hong Kong	前列腺
Southern Min	Xiamen	前列腺
	Tainan	攝護腺

Derived terms

• 前列腺增生 (qiánlièxiàn zēngshēng)
• 前列腺炎 (qiánlièxiànyán)
• 前列腺癌 (qiánlièxiàn'ái)
• 前列腺素 (qiánlièxiànsù)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (前列腺):

• → Vietnamese: tiền liệt tuyến (前列腺)

Others:

• → Vietnamese: tuyến tiền liệt (calque)