腦退化症

Chinese

		brain	to degenerate; to atrophy; to deteriorate to degenerate; to atrophy; to deteriorate; to worsen; to decline; to fall; to drop	disease; illness; indication or sign of disease
trad. (腦退化症)		腦	退化	症
simp. (脑退化症)		脑	退化	症

Etymology

This term was chosen in a naming competition held by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing in 2010.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nǎotuìhuàzhèng

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˇ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄓㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁵ tui³ faa³ zing³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nǎotuìhuàzhèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˇ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄓㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nǎotuèihuàjhèng
  - Wade–Giles: nao³-tʻui⁴-hua⁴-chêng⁴
  - Yale: nǎu-twèi-hwà-jèng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naotueyhuahjenq
  - Palladius: наотуйхуачжэн (naotujxuačžɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nou⁵ tui³ faa³ zing³
  - Yale: nóuh tui fa jing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁵ tui³ faa³ dzing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: nou⁵ tui³ fa³ jing³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nou̯¹³ tʰuːi̯³³ faː³³ t͡sɪŋ³³/

Noun

腦退化症

(Hong Kong, neurology) dementia; Alzheimer's disease

Synonyms

老人痴呆 (lǎorén chīdāi)
老年痴呆 (lǎonián chīdāi)

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