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zhèng

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zhèng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhèng | zheng4
English translation
ailment, disease, illness

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About zhèng

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Number of strokes

20

Traditional form

zhèng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

sickness

Etymology of zhèng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

疒徵

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

zhēng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and zhēng represents the sound. Simplified form of zhèng .

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Words with zhèng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhèng disease zhèng
症状 zhèngzhuàng symptom (of an illness)症狀
癌症 áizhèng cancer癌症 áizhèng
并发症 bìng fā zhèng complications (undesired side-effect of medical procedure)併發症
综合症 zōng hé zhèng syndrome綜合症
炎症 yán zhèng inflammation炎症 yán zhèng
病症 bìng zhèng disease病症 bìng zhèng
抑郁症 yì yù zhèng clinical depression抑鬱症
恐惧症 kǒng jù zhèng phobia恐懼症
后遗症 hòu yí zhèng (medicine) sequelae後遺症
强迫症 qiǎng pò zhèng obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)強迫症
重症 zhòng zhèng grave重症 zhòng zhèng
绝症 jué zhèng incurable disease絕症
症结 zhēng jié crux of an issue癥結
对症 duì zhèng correct diagnosis對症
急症 jí zhèng acute disease急症 jí zhèng
败血症 bài xuè zhèng septicaemia敗血症
厌食症 yàn shí zhèng anorexia厭食症
对症下药 duì zhèng xià yào to take appropriate steps對症下藥
老年痴呆症 lǎo nián chī dāi zhèng senile dementia老年痴獃症
尿毒症 niào dú zhèng uremia (medicine)尿毒症 niào dú zhèng
症候 zhèng hòu illness症候 zhèng hòu
不治之症 bù zhì zhī zhèng incurable disease不治之症 bù zhì zhī zhèng
恐怖症 kǒng bù zhèng phobia恐怖症 kǒng bù zhèng

zhèng Decomposition & Compounds

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