糜爛

See also: 糜烂

Chinese

		dissolved; rice-gruel; wasted	rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely
trad. (糜爛)		糜	爛
simp. (糜烂)		糜	烂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mílàn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁴ laan⁶ / mai⁴ laan⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mì-lan
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bî-lān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mílàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mílàn
  - Wade–Giles: mi²-lan⁴
  - Yale: mí-làn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: milann
  - Palladius: милань (milanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi³⁵ län⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁴ laan⁶ / mai⁴ laan⁶
  - Yale: mèih laahn / màih laahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁴ laan⁶ / mai⁴ laan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁴ lan⁶ / mei⁴ lan⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²¹ laːn²²/, /mɐi̯²¹ laːn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mì-lan
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˇ lan
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi² lan⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /mi¹¹ lan⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî-lān
  - Tâi-lô: bî-lān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bilan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi²⁴⁻²² lan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³⁻²² lan²²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi²⁴⁻²² lan²²/

Verb

糜爛

to fester; to suppurate; to rot; to decay
(literary) to ravage; to devastate; to make havoc of

Synonyms

(to fester): 化膿／化脓 (huànóng), 潰爛／溃烂 (kuìlàn), (Hokkien) 煮膿／煮脓

Derived terms

宮頸糜爛 / 宫颈糜烂 (gōngjǐng mílàn)

Adjective

糜爛

rotten; putrid
debauched; dissipated; decadent; degenerate; rotten to the core

Synonyms

腐朽 (fǔxiǔ)
(rotten): (Hokkien) 漉管, 漉瓤, 漉膿／漉脓