扁桃腺
Chinese
| almond; flat peach | gland | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (扁桃腺) | 扁桃 | 腺 | |
| simp. #(扁桃腺) | 扁桃 | 腺 | |
Etymology
Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 扁桃腺 (hentōsen) (Liu et al., 1984; Huang, 2020), attested as early as 1902 (Huang, 2020).
Pronunciation
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 扁桃腺 (“tonsil”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 扁桃腺, 扁桃體 Mainland China | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 扁桃腺 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 扁桃腺 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 扁桃腺 |
| Quanzhou | 扁桃腺 | |
| Zhangzhou | 扁桃腺 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 扁桃腺 |
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 扁 | 桃 | 腺 |
| へん Hyōgaiji |
とう Grade: S |
せん Grade: S |
| on’yomi | ||
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 扁桃腺炎 (hentōsen'en): tonsillitis
- 扁桃腺切除 (hentōsen setsujo): tonsillectomy
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