消腫

Chinese

		consume; news; subside consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish	swollen
trad. (消腫)		消	腫
simp. (消肿)		消	肿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāozhǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄓㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ zung²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siau-chéng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāozhǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄓㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaojhǒng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-chung³
    • Yale: syāu-jǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiaujoong
    • Palladius: сяочжун (sjaočžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ zung²
    • Yale: sīu júng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ dzung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ zung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-chéng
    • Tâi-lô: siau-tsíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siauzeang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau³³ t͡siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/

Verb

消腫

1. (medicine, of swelling) to subside
2. (medicine) to reduce swelling
3. (figurative, Mainland China) to streamline (a bloated bureaucracy etc.)​