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慢性

màn xìng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

慢性 (màn xìng) means "slow and patient; chronic (disease); slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 慢性 means

1. slow and patient
2. chronic (disease)
3. slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison)

The characters in 慢性

• 慢mànslow
• 性xìngnature; character; property

Example sentences

• 他是个慢性子。
  He is a slowcoach.
• 鲍勃已无法忍受她老婆的慢性子。
  Bob got impatient at his wife's delay.

Words starting with 慢性

• 慢性病màn xìng bìngchronic disease
• 慢性子màn xìng zislow-tempered; phlegmatic; a slowcoach
• 慢性疾病màn xìng jí bìngchronic illness; disease that takes effect slowly
• 慢性疼痛màn xìng téng tòngchronic pain
• 慢性阻塞性肺病màn xìng zǔ sè xìng fèi bìngchronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• 慢性疲劳症候群màn xìng pí láo zhèng hòu qúnchronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)

Where 慢性 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · má (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read màn xìng correctly.
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