慢性

Chinese

		slow	sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (慢性)		慢	性
simp. ^#(慢性)		慢	性

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mànxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ sing³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): man-sin
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bān-sèng

(Teochew, Peng'im): mang⁷ sên³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mànxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mànsìng
  - Wade–Giles: man⁴-hsing⁴
  - Yale: màn-syìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mannshinq
  - Palladius: маньсин (manʹsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ sing³
  - Yale: maahn sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ xing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² sɪŋ³³/
  - Homophones:
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    慢性
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Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: man-sin
  - Hakka Romanization System: man xin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: man⁴ xin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /man⁵⁵ sin⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: bān-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnsexng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² siɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ siɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ siɪŋ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mang⁷ sên³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: māng sèⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ¹¹ sẽ²¹³/

Adjective

慢性

(medicine) chronic
慢性腎炎難以自愈。 [MSC, trad.]
慢性肾炎难以自愈。 [MSC, simp.]
Mànxìng shènyán nányǐ zìyù. [Pinyin]
Chronic nephritis rarely heals by itself.

慢性疼痛 ― mànxìng téngtòng ― chronic pain

慢性精神疾病 ― mànxìng jīngshén jíbìng ― chronic mental illness
synonym of 慢性子 (mànxìngzi, “phlegmatic”)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “chronic”): 急性 (jíxìng), 亞急性／亚急性 (yàjíxìng)

Derived terms

慢性子 (mànxìngzi)
慢性病 (mànxìngbìng)
慢性阻塞性肺病

Japanese

Kanji in this term
慢	性
まん Grade: S	せい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まんせー [màńséé] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [mã̠ɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

慢(まん)性(せい) • (mansei)

(medicine) chronicity, inveteracy (a medical condition of extended duration)
(generally): chronicity, inveteracy (a negative situation of extended duration)

Antonyms

急性(きゅうせい) (kyūsei, “acuteness”)
一過性(いっかせい) (ikkasei, “transience”)

Derived terms

慢性的(まんせいてき) (manseiteki, “inveterate”)

References

Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
慢	性

Noun

慢性 • (manseong) (hangeul 만성)

hanja form^? of 만성 (“chronicity; being chronic”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
慢	性

Adjective

慢性

chữ Hán form of mạn tính (“chronic”)