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疗

liáo

HSK 5 Character Traditional 療

What 疗 means

1. to treat
2. to cure
3. therapy

Example sentences

• 预防胜于治疗。
  Prevention is better than cure.
• 急需医疗用品。
  There is an urgent need for medical supplies.
• 你有医疗保险吗？
  Nǐ yǒu yīliáo bǎoxiǎn ma?
  Do you have medical insurance?
• 扭转治疗是酷刑。
  Conversion therapy is torture.
• 什么是格式塔疗法？
  Shénme shì Géshìtǎ liáofǎ?
  What is Gestalt Therapy?
• 美国的医疗费很高。
  Měiguó de yīliáofèi hěn gāo.
  American medical fees are very high.

Words starting with 疗

• 疗法liáo fǎtherapy; treatment
• 疗效liáo xiàohealing efficacy; healing effect
• 疗程liáo chéngcourse of treatment
• 疗养liáo yǎngto get well; to heal; to recuperate
• 疗养院liáo yǎng yuànsanatorium
• 疗伤liáo shānghealing; to heal; to make healthy again
• 疗养所liáo yǎng suǒsanitorium; convalescent hospital
• 疗愈liáo yùto heal; therapy

Words containing 疗

• 治疗zhì liáoto treat (an illness); medical treatment; therapy
• 医疗yī liáomedical treatment
• 医疗费yī liáo fèimedical expenses
• 化疗huà liáochemotherapy
• 诊疗zhěn liáodiagnosis and treatment
• 理疗lǐ liáophysiotherapy
• 放疗fàng liáoradiotherapy (abbr. for 放射疗法; to treat by radiotherapy
• 食疗shí liáo(TCM) food therapy; treatment via food
• 水疗shuǐ liáohydrotherapy; aquatherapy
• 药疗yào liáomedication; herbal remedy
• 足疗zú liáofoot massage
• 电疗diàn liáoelectrotherapy
• 治疗师zhì liáo shītherapist
• 治疗法zhì liáo fǎtherapy
• 理疗师lǐ liáo shīphysiotherapist
• 光照治疗guāng zhào zhì liáolight therapy; phototherapy
• 公费医疗gōng fèi yī liáomedical treatment at public expense
• 化学治疗huà xué zhì liáochemotherapy
• 化学疗法huà xué liáo fǎchemotherapy
• 另类医疗lìng lèi yī liáoalternative medicine
• 基因治疗jī yīn zhì liáogene therapy
• 根管治疗gēn guǎn zhì liáoroot canal therapy (dentistry)
• 物理治疗wù lǐ zhì liáophysiotherapy; physical therapy
• 物理疗法wù lǐ liáo fǎphysiotherapy; physical therapy

Characters that look like 疗

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

• 存cúnto exist; to deposit; to store
• 拧níngto pinch; wring
• 抒shūto express; to give expression to; variant of 纾
• 狞níngfierce-looking
• 纾shūabundant; ample; at ease

Sounds the same

Read liáo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 聊(colloquial) to chat; (literary) temporarily; for a while; (literary) somewhat; slightly
• 辽(bound form) distant; faraway
• 寮hut; shack; small window
• 撩to tease; to provoke; to stir up (emotions)
• 燎to burn; to set afire
• 僚bureaucrat; colleague
• 缭to wind round; to sew with slanting stitches
• 寥empty; lonesome; very few
• 潦used in 潦草; used in 潦倒
• 獠fierce; hunt; name of a tribe
• 嘹used in 嘹亮
• 鹩eastern wren