闌尾

See also: 阑尾

Chinese

		door-screen; exhausted; late	tail
trad. (闌尾)		闌	尾
simp. (阑尾)		阑	尾
2nd round simp.		兰尾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lánwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laan⁴ mei⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-bé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lánwěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lánwěi
    • Wade–Giles: lan²-wei³
    • Yale: lán-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanwoei
    • Palladius: ланьвэй (lanʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /län³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laan⁴ mei⁵
    • Yale: làahn méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laan⁴ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lan⁴ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːn²¹ mei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-bé
    • Tâi-lô: lân-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lanbea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² be⁵³/

Noun

闌尾

1. appendix (organ)

Synonyms

• 盲腸／盲肠 (mángcháng)

Derived terms

• 闌尾炎／阑尾炎 (lánwěiyán)