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患

huàn

HSK 6 Character

What 患 means

1. to suffer (from illness)
2. to contract (a disease)
3. misfortune
4. trouble
5. danger
6. worry

Example sentences

• 患难见真情。
  Huànnànjiànzhēnqíng.
  A friend in need is a friend indeed.
• 她易患感冒。
  She was susceptible to colds.
• 他患了重感冒。
  He is suffering from a bad cold in the nose.
• 她们患有疟疾。
  They're suffering from malaria.
• 他患了不治之症。
  Tā huàn le bùzhìzhīzhèng.
  He has an incurable disease.
• 我患上了重感冒。
  I am suffering from a bad cold.

Words starting with 患

• 患者huàn zhěpatient; sufferer
• 患有huàn yǒuto contract (an illness); to be afflicted with; to suffer from
• 患病huàn bìngto fall ill
• 患难huàn nàntrials and tribulations
• 患得患失huàn dé huàn shīto worry about personal gains and losses
• 患上huàn shangto come down with; to be afflicted with (an illness)
• 患儿huàn érchild patient; pediatric patient
• 患处huàn chùafflicted part
• 患病者huàn bìng zhěperson suffering (from a disease or poisoning); a patient
• 患难之交huàn nàn zhī jiāoa friend in times of tribulations (idiom); a friend in need is a friend indeed
• 患难见真情huàn nàn jiàn zhēn qíngtrue sentiments are seen in hard times (idiom); you see who your true friends are when…
• 患癌huàn áito develop cancer

Words containing 患

• 隐患yǐn huàna danger concealed within sth; hidden damage; misfortune not visible from the surface
• 忧患yōu huànsuffering; misery; hardship
• 人满为患rén mǎn wéi huànpacked with people; overcrowded; overpopulation
• 病患bìng huànillness; disease; patient
• 罹患lí huànto suffer (from an illness); to fall ill
• 伤患shāng huàninjured person
• 外患wài huànforeign aggression
• 水患shuǐ huànflooding; inundation
• 边患biān huànforeign invasion; disaster on border due to incursion
• 医患yī huàndoctor-patient
• 防患fáng huànto take preventative measures; to guard against accident or disaster
• 共患难gòng huàn nànto go through hardship together
• 无患子wú huàn zǐSapindales; order of scented bushes and trees, includes citrus fruit and lychee
• 后患无穷hòu huàn wú qióng(idiom) there will be no end of trouble in the future
• 有备无患yǒu bèi wú huànPreparedness averts peril.; to be prepared, just in case (idiom)
• 精神病患jīng shén bìng huànmental illness
• 防患未然fáng huàn wèi ránto prevent troubles before the event (idiom); to forestall; to nip sth in the bud
• 心脏疾患xīn zàng jí huànheart disease
• 内忧外患nèi yōu wài huàninternal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad
• 鼠患shǔ huànrat infestation
• 姑息遗患gū xī yí huànto tolerate is to abet
• 养虎为患yǎng hǔ wéi huànlit. to nurture a tiger invites calamity; fig. to indulge one's enemy is asking for…
• 养虎遗患yǎng hǔ yí huànRear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will…
• 祸患huò huàndisaster; calamity

Characters that look like 患

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 息xībreath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)
• 票piàoticket; ballot; banknote
• 恩ēnfavor; grace; kindness; (colloquial) used like 嗯
• 惠huì(bound form) act of kindness (from a superior); (honorific prefix) kind (as in 惠顾
• 悉xīin all cases; know
• 奠diànto fix; to settle; a libation to the dead

Sounds the same

Read huàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 换to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute
• 幻fantasy
• 唤to call
• 痪used in 瘫痪
• 浣to wash; to rinse; any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty)
• 焕(bound form) shining; glowing; lustrous
• 宦imperial official; court eunuch
• 奂excellent
• 涣to dissipate; to dissolve
• 豢to rear; to raise (animals)
• 轘to tear between chariots (as punishment)
• 鲩grass carp