耳聾

See also: 耳聋

Chinese

ear deaf
trad. (耳聾)
simp. (耳聋)
anagram 聾耳聋耳

Pronunciation


Adjective

耳聾

  1. deaf

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 耳聾機耳聋机
  • 耳聾目花耳聋目花
  • 耳聾眼花耳聋眼花
  • 舌弊耳聾舌弊耳聋
  • 詐耳聾诈耳聋

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (耳聾):
  • Japanese: ()(ろう) (jirō)
  • Korean: 이롱(耳聾) (irong)

Noun

耳聾

  1. (Eastern Min, Teochew) deaf person

Synonyms

References

  • Duffus, William (1883) “deaf”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 64

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
ろう
Hyōgaiji
kan’on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 耳聾 (MC nyiX luwng, literally “ear + deaf”). Compare modern Cantonese reading ji5 lung4.

First cited to a text from 1466.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ろー [jìróó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑiɾo̞ː]

Noun

()(ろう) • (jirō) じろう (zirou)?

  1. [from 1466] (rare) deafness

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

耳聾 • (irong) (hangeul 이롱)

  1. Hanja form? of 이롱.
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