慢性

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mànxìng

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mànxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mannshinq
  - IPA ^(key): /män⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ sing³
  - Yale: maahn sing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ sing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ xing³
  - IPA ^(key): /mäːn²² sɪŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: man-sin
  - Hakka Romanization System: man xin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: man⁴ xin⁴
  - IPA: /man⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-sèng
  - Tâi-lô: bān-sìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnsexng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ ɕiɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ ɕiɪŋ²¹/

Adjective

慢性

(medicine) chronic
慢性疼痛 ― mànxìng téngtòng ― chronic pain
Synonym of 慢性子 (mànxìngzi, “phlegmatic”).

Antonyms

急性 (jíxìng)
亞急性／亚急性 (yàjíxìng)

Derived terms

慢性子 (mànxìngzi)

慢性病 (mànxìngbìng)

Japanese

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

Noun

慢性 (hiragana まんせい, rōmaji mansei)

(medicine) inveteracy; being chronic (a medical condition of extended duration)
(generally): inveteracy; a negative situation of extended duration

Antonyms

急 (きゅう)性 (せい) (kyūsei, “acuteness”)
一 (いっ)過 (か)性 (せい) (ikkasei, “transience”)

Compounds

慢性的 (まんせいてき) (manseiteki)

References

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

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