tiểu đường

Vietnamese

Etymology

tiểu (“to urinate”) +‎ đường (“sugar”), perhaps calque of Chinese 糖尿病 (tángniàobìng, literally “sugary urine disease”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tiəw˧˩ ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tiw˧˨ ʔɗɨəŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tiw˨˩˦ ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩]

Noun

tiểu đường

  1. (pathology) diabetes
    Synonym: đái tháo đường
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