甲狀腺

See also: 甲状腺

Chinese

		armour-shaped; relating to the thyroid gland	gland
trad. (甲狀腺)		甲狀	腺
simp. (甲状腺)		甲状	腺

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 甲(こう)状(じょう)腺(せん) (kōjōsen), attested as early as 1903 in 《新爾雅》 by Wang Rongbao (汪榮寶) (Huang, 2020).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎzhuàngxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³ zong⁶ sin³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kap-chhong-sien
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kah-chōng-sòaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎzhuàngxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎjhuàngsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chia³-chuang⁴-hsien⁴
    • Yale: jyǎ-jwàng-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeajuanqshiann
    • Palladius: цзячжуансянь (czjačžuansjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaap³ zong⁶ sin³
    • Yale: gaap johng sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸ dzong⁶ sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gab³ zong⁶ xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːp̚³ t͡sɔːŋ²² siːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kap-chhong-sien
    • Hakka Romanization System: gab^ˋ cong xien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gab⁵ cong⁴ xian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kap̚² t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵ si̯en⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kah-chōng-sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kah-tsōng-suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kahzoxngsvoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sɔŋ²²⁻²¹ suã²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡sɔŋ³³⁻²¹ suã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ suã¹¹/

Noun

甲狀腺

1. (anatomy) thyroid gland

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 頷胿腺／颔胿腺

Derived terms

• 促甲狀腺激素／促甲状腺激素 (cùjiǎzhuàngxiàn jīsù)
• 副甲狀腺／副甲状腺 (fùjiǎzhuàngxiàn)
• 甲狀腺機能亢進／甲状腺机能亢进 (jiǎzhuàngxiàn jīnéng kàngjìn)
• 甲狀腺癌／甲状腺癌 (jiǎzhuàngxiàn'ái)
• 甲狀腺素／甲状腺素 (jiǎzhuàngxiànsù)
• 甲狀腺腫／甲状腺肿 (jiǎzhuàngxiànzhǒng)