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中暑

zhòng shǔ

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

中暑 (zhòng shǔ) means "to suffer heat exhaustion; sunstroke; heatstroke". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 中暑 means

1. to suffer heat exhaustion
2. sunstroke; heatstroke

The characters in 中暑

• 中zhōngwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during
• 暑shǔheat; hot weather; summer heat

Example sentences

• 汤姆中暑了。
  Tāngmǔ zhòngshǔ le.
  Tom had a heat stroke.
• 听说适时地补充水分可以预防中暑。
  Tīngshuō shìshí de bǔchōng shuǐfèn kěyǐ yùfáng zhòngshǔ.
  I hear that keeping yourself hydrated at appropriate times can help prevent heatstroke.

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