# 梅毒
## Chinese

* 梅毒

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): méidú
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄉㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mui$^4$ duk$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mòi-thu̍k
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mûi-to̍k / bôe-to̍k / môe-to̍k
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: méidú
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄉㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: méidú
*** Wade–Giles: mei$^2$-tu$^2$
*** Yale: méi-dú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meidwu
*** Palladius: мэйду (mɛjdu)
*** Sinological IPA : /meɪ̯³⁵ tu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mui$^4$ duk$^6$
*** Yale: mùih duhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mui$^4$ duk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mui$^4$ dug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /muːi̯²¹ tʊk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mòi-thu̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: moi$^ˇ$ tug
*** Hagfa Pinyim: moi$^2$ tug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /moi̯¹¹ tʰuk̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-to̍k
*** Tâi-lô: muî-to̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: mui'dok
*** IPA (Taipei): /muĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /muĩ²³⁻³³ tɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /muĩ²⁴⁻²² tɔk̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /muĩ²⁴⁻²² tɔk̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôe-to̍k
*** Tâi-lô: buê-to̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boe'dok
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue¹³⁻²² tɔk̚¹²¹/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môe-to̍k
*** Tâi-lô: muê-to̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: moe'dok
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /muẽ²³⁻³³ tɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /muẽ²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔk̚⁴/

### Noun

梅毒
* syphilis

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 梅毒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 楊梅, 楊梅瘡, 楊梅大瘡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 梅毒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 楊梅大瘡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 大瘡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 楊梅大瘡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 楊梅瘡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 楊梅瘡 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 楊梅瘡 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 楊梅大瘡, 楊梅瘡 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 楊梅瘡 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 梅毒 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 楊梅瘡 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 楊梅瘡, 梅毒 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 梅毒 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 楊梅瘡, 棉花瘡 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 梅毒 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 梅毒 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 梅毒 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 梅毒 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 梅毒 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 梅毒 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 楊梅瘡 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 大瘡, 天報瘡 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 檨仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 檨仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 檨仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 檨仔, 梅毒 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 檨仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 檨仔, 梅毒 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 檨仔, 梅毒 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 檨仔, 梅毒 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 檨仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 檨仔, 梅毒 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 梅毒 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 白濁 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 梅毒 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 楊梅瘡 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 楊梅瘡 |
| Wu | Danyang | 楊梅瘡 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 楊梅瘡 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 楊梅瘡 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 楊梅瘡 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 楊梅瘡 |

## 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

* 黴毒

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ばいどく [báꜜìdòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
* (Tokyo) ばいどく [bàídókú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ba̠ido̞kɯ̟]

### Noun

梅(ばい)毒(どく) • (baidoku)
* 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)
* hanja form of 매독 (“syphilis”)