花柳病

Chinese

red flowers and green willow leaves; brothel or prostitute
 
ailment; illness; disease
ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect
trad. (花柳病) 花柳
simp. #(花柳病) 花柳

Pronunciation


Noun

花柳病

  1. (dated) venereal disease; sexually transmitted disease

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
りゅう
Grade: S
びょう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

花柳 (red-light district) + (sickness)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) りゅうびょー [kàryúúbyóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɾʲɨᵝːbʲo̞ː]

Noun

()(りゅう)(びょう) • (karyūbyō) くわりうびやう (kwariubyau)?

  1. (obsolete) venereal disease, sexually transmitted disease

Synonyms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

花柳病 • (hwaryubyeong) (hangeul 화류병)

  1. Hanja form? of 화류병.
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