天然痘

Chinese

		natural	small pox
trad. (天然痘)		天然	痘
simp. ^#(天然痘)		天然	痘

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānrándòu

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄖㄢˊ ㄉㄡˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-jiân-tāu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānrándòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄖㄢˊ ㄉㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianrándòu
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-jan²-tou⁴
  - Yale: tyān-rán-dòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianrandow
  - Palladius: тяньжаньдоу (tjanʹžanʹdou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐän³⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-jiân-tāu
  - Tâi-lô: thian-jiân-tāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tienjiendau
  - Sinological IPA (Tainan): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ d͡ziɛn²⁴⁻³³ tau³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ ziɛn²³⁻³³ tau³³/

Noun

天然痘

(pathology) smallpox; variola

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 天花 (“smallpox”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		天花, 痘瘡 TCM
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	天花兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	天花
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	天花
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	天花兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	天花
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	天花
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	天花
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	天花
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	天花
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	天花
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	天花
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	天花
Southern Min	Xiamen	珠
	Quanzhou	汞
	Zhangzhou	珠
	Leizhou	𤻼
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	天花
	Suzhou	天花
	Hangzhou	天花
	Ningbo	天花
	Jinhua	天花
Note	TCM - traditional Chinese medicine

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	然	痘
てん Grade: 1	ねん Grade: 4	とう Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

天然 (tennen, “nature”) +‎ 痘 (tō, “pox”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) てんねんとー [tèńnéńtóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [tẽ̞nːẽ̞nto̞ː]

Noun

天(てん)然(ねん)痘(とう) • (tennentō)

(pathology) smallpox

Synonyms

疱(ほう)瘡(そう) (hōsō)
痘(とう)瘡(そう) (tōsō)

References

“天然痘”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
天	然	痘

Noun

天然痘 • (cheonyeondu) (hangeul 천연두)

hanja form^? of 천연두 (“smallpox”)