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腎盂炎

简肾盂炎 · 繁腎盂炎

Mandarin · pinyin shèn yú yán

pyelitis (medicine)

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盂: yú · basin; cup
炎: yán · flame, blaze; hot
肾: shèn · kidneys; testes, gizzard

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4–2–2 · shen4 yu2 yan2

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san6 jyu4 jim4

Cantonese word readings for 腎盂炎. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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