“癌”字的读音经历了一个世纪的变化而发展到今天的读音其间有过诸多争论,本文将从历时与共时的角度分析“癌”字的起源和读音演变依据。 “Cancer ” pronunciation has undergone a century of change and developed to today’s pronunciation has had many controversies during this article from the perspective of diachronic and synchronic analysis “Cancer ” the origin of the word and evolution basis of pronunciation.