梅毒

Chinese

plum flower poison; narcotics
trad. (梅毒) 梅 毒
simp. #(梅毒) 梅 毒

Etymology

Named after the ulcer which is similar to plum or yangmei.

Pronunciation


Noun

梅毒

  1. syphilis

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
梅 毒
ばい
Grade: 4
どく
Grade: 5
kan’on goon
Alternative spelling
梅毒 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ば​いどく [báꜜìdòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • (Tokyo) ばいどく [bàídókú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ba̠ido̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

梅(ばい)毒(どく) • (baidoku) 

  1. syphilis
    Synonym: 瘡毒 (sōdoku)

Korean

Hanja in this term
梅毒

Noun

梅毒 • (maedok or McCune-Reischauer: maedok or Yale: maytok) (hangeul 매독)

  1. Hanja form? of 매독 (“syphilis”).
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