See also: 自闭症

Chinese

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to exclude oneself from others; to isolate oneself from society disease; illness; indication or sign of disease
trad. (自閉症) 自閉
simp. (自闭症) 自闭
Literally: “self-exclusion disease”.
 
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Etymology

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Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese ()(へい)(しょう) (jiheishō); used in Hong Kong and Taiwan since the 1970s, and in Mainland China since the late 1980s (Yu, 2017). In Mainland China, first attested in 1983.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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自閉症

  1. (proscribed in Mainland China) autism (neurological disorder) [from 1970s]

Usage notes

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Proscribed by the China Disabled Persons' Federation, a Government-organized non-governmental organization in Mainland China.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ 关于宣传报道中残疾人及残疾人工作有关称谓的通知”, in China Disabled Persons' Federation[1], 2022:称“孤独症”,不用“自闭症”

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
へい
Grade: 6
しょう
Grade: S
on'yomi
 自閉症 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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自閉 (jihei, social withdrawal) +‎ (-shō, condition)

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) ーしょー [jìhéꜜèshòò] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑihe̞ːɕo̞ː]

Noun

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()(へい)(しょう) (jiheishō

  1. autism (neurological disorder)

Descendants

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  • Chinese: 自閉症自闭症 (zìbìzhèng)
  • Korean: 자폐증 (自閉症, japyejeung)

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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自閉症 (japyejeung) (hangeul 자폐증)

  1. hanja form? of 자폐증 (autism)