癲癇

See also: 癫痫

Chinese

	convulsions; crazy	epilepsy; insanity
trad. (癲癇)	癲	癇
simp. (癫痫)	癫	痫
alternative forms	癲癎／癫𰣯

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diānxián, diānjiān

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢㄒㄧㄢˊ, ㄉㄧㄢㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): din¹ haan⁴ / din¹ gaan²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tian-hân

(Teochew, Peng'im): diang¹ gang²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diānxián
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢㄒㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diansián
  - Wade–Giles: tien¹-hsien²
  - Yale: dyān-syán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dianshyan
  - Palladius: дяньсянь (djanʹsjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, old-style medical pronunciation)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diānjiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dianjian
  - Wade–Giles: tien¹-chien¹
  - Yale: dyān-jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dianjian
  - Palladius: дяньцзянь (djanʹczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: din¹ haan⁴ / din¹ gaan²
  - Yale: dīn hàahn / dīn gáan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: din¹ haan⁴ / din¹ gaan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: din¹ han⁴ / din¹ gan²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn⁵⁵ haːn²¹/, /tiːn⁵⁵ kaːn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tian-hân
  - Tâi-lô: tian-hân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dienhaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² han²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: diang¹ gang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiang káng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiaŋ³³⁻²³ kaŋ⁵²/

Noun

癲癇

(～病, ～症) (pathology) epilepsy
光敏性癲癇警告／光敏性癫痫警告 ― guāngmǐnxìng diānxián jǐnggào ― photosensitive epilepsy warning

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 癲癇 (“epilepsy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		癲癇
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	羊癇風, 羊角風, 羊角兒風
	Taiwan	羊癲癇, 癲癇
	Langfang	羊角風
	Ulanhot	羊角兒風
	Tongliao	羊角風, 羊桿風
	Chifeng	羊過風
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	羊角風
	Harbin	羊角風兒, 羊角風, 羊桿兒風
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	雞爪子風
	Tangshan	羊角兒風
	Cangzhou	羊各風
	Baoding	羊角兒風
	Shijiazhuang	抽風兒病
	Jinan	羊羔子風
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	羊角兒風
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	羊嘎子風
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	羊羔兒風
	Daming	羊羔風
	Wanrong	羊羔風
	Zhengzhou	羊羔兒風
	Xi'an	羊羔兒風
	Xining	羊羔兒風
	Xuzhou	羊羔兒風, 羊羔風, 羊角風
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	羊羔兒風
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	羊角風
	Bayanhot	羊角風
	Lanzhou	羊羔風
	Ürümqi	羊羔兒風
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	羊兒風
	Wuhan	牙牙風, 羊角風
	Guiyang	羊癲風, 羊兒風, 母豬風
	Kunming	羊耳風, 老母豬風
	Guilin	羊癲風
	Liuzhou	羊癲風
	Nanning (Xiakuojie)	羊吊, 羊癲風
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	羊兒風
	Yangzhou	羊兒風, 羊角風
	Nantong	羊兒風
	Huanggang	羊兒風
Cantonese	Guangzhou	羊吊, 羊角風
	Hong Kong	羊吊, 羊癇, 腦癇
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	羊吊
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	羊吊
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	羊吊
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	羊吊
	Macau	羊吊
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	羊吊
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	羊吊
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	羊吊
	Foshan	羊吊
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	羊吊
	Foshan (Shunde)	羊吊
	Foshan (Sanshui)	羊吊
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	羊風
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	羊吊
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	豬腸吊
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	狗仔瘟
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	羊吊
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	羊風
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	狗仔瘟
	Taishan	發蜢
	Kaiping (Chikan)	發蜢
	Enping (Niujiang)	發蜢
	Heshan (Yayao)	羊風
	Dongguan	羊吊, 鯉魚風
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	發蜢
	Shaoguan	羊吊
	Yunfu	羊吊
	Xinyi	羊吊
	Lianjiang	羊吊
	Nanning	羊吊
	Wuzhou	羊吊
	Yulin	羊癲
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	豬癲
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	羊吊
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	羊吊
Gan	Nanchang	豬婆癲
	Lichuan	豬𡡉風
	Pingxiang	豬婆風
Hakka	Meixian	發死, 羊吊
	Xingning	發死
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	羊吊
	Huidong (Daling)	羊吊
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	發死
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	發死
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	羊吊
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	羊吊
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	羊吊
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	羊吊
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	兼風
	Changting	豬嫲癲
	Wuping	豬嫲癲
	Wuping (Pingyu)	豬癲
	Liancheng	豬嫲癲
	Ninghua	豬嫲癲
	Yudu	豬婆癲, 豬婆風, 悶痰症
	Ruijin	豬婆癲
	Shicheng	豬引瘋, 豬瘋癲
	Shangyou (Shexi)	豬婆癲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	豬嫲𤷕
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	發死
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	豬嫲𤷕
	Hong Kong	發死
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	羊癇風
	Senai (Huiyang)	羊吊
Huizhou	Jixi	豬癲
Jin	Taiyuan	羊羔兒風
	Pingyao	羊羔兒風
	Xinzhou	羊羔兒風
	Taibus (Baochang)	抽風病
	Linhe	羊根兒風
	Jining	羊角兒風, 羊角風
	Hohhot	羊羔風
	Baotou	羊角兒風, 羊角風
	Dongsheng	羊角風
	Haibowan	羊角風
	Zhangjiakou	羊羔風
	Handan	羊羔兒風
Northern Min	Jian'ou	豨嫲眩
	Jianyang	豨嫲癲
	Wuyishan	豨嫲癲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	羊眩
	Fuzhou (Changle)	羊眩
	Fuqing	羊眩
	Yongtai	羊眩
	Gutian	痰癇
	Fu'an	豬頭額
	Ningde	羊眩
	Zhouning	豬頭疾
	Fuding	羊眩
Southern Min	Xiamen	羊眩
	Quanzhou	羊眩
	Jinjiang	羊眩
	Zhangzhou	羊眩, 羊母眩
	Pinghe	豬母眩
	Taipei	羊眩
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	羊眩
	Kaohsiung	羊眩, 豬母癲
	Yilan	羊眩, 豬母癲
	Changhua (Lukang)	羊眩
	Taichung	羊眩, 豬母癲
	Tainan	羊眩, 豬母癲
	Hsinchu	羊眩, 豬母癲
	Kinmen	羊頭眩
	Penghu (Magong)	羊眩
	Penang (Hokkien)	羊眩
	Singapore (Hokkien)	羊眩
	Manila (Hokkien)	羊眩
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	痟神
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	羊吊
	Shantou	羊蹶𤷕, 豬母𤷕
	Shantou (Chenghai)	羊蹶𤷕
	Jieyang	羊蹶𤷕, 豬母𤷕
	Bangkok (Teochew)	羊捌𤷕
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	羊癲
	Leizhou	尿𤷕
	Wenchang	𤷕
	Haikou	羊𤷕
Puxian Min	Putian	羊眩, 羊眩瘋
Puxian Min	Xianyou	羊屎眩, 背羊屎
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	羊吊, 羊癲
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	羊癲風
Wu	Shanghai	羊牽風
	Shanghai (Chongming)	圈病, 羊圈病
	Suzhou	羊癲風, 羊牽風, 羊頭風
	Wuxi	羊牽風
	Danyang	羊癇風
	Hangzhou	羊癲病, 羊癲風, 豬癲風, 豬癲病
	Tonglu	羊癲病
	Ningbo	羊癲風, 羊癲病, 豬癲病
	Xiangshan	羊癲病
	Zhoushan	羊癲風
	Wenzhou	鬼抽風, 雞抽風
	Jinhua	羊癲病
	Yiwu	羊癲風
Xiang	Changsha	豬頭風
	Xiangtan	豬婆風
	Loudi	羊癲風
	Quanzhou	羊癲風

Japanese

Kanji in this term
癲	癇
てん Hyōgai	かん Hyōgai
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 癲癇.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) てんかん [tèńkáꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) てんかん [tèńkáń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋkã̠ɴ]

Noun

癲(てん)癇(かん) • (tenkan)

(pathology) epilepsy

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in kana, as てんかん, due to the complexity of the kanji.

Descendants

Korean: 땡깡 (ttaengkkang)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“^▲癲^▲癇”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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