百日咳

Chinese

one hundred days; one hundredth day cough; sound of sighing
simp. and trad.
(百日咳)		 百日 咳
Literally: “hundred-day cough”.

Pronunciation

Noun

百日咳

  1. (medicine) pertussis; whooping cough
    百日咳疫苗  ―  bǎirìké yìmiáo  ―  pertussis vaccine

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
百 日 咳
ひゃく
Grade: 1		 にち
Grade: 1		 せき > ぜき
Hyōgaiji
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

From 百日 (ひゃくにち, hyakunichi, “100 days”) +‎ 咳 (せき, seki, “cough”). The seki changes to zeki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

百日咳 (hiragana ひゃくにちぜき, rōmaji hyakunichizeki)

  1. pertussis; whooping cough
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