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疟

nüè

Character Traditional 瘧

What 疟 means

1. malaria

Other readings

疟 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yàoused in {疟子|yào zi}

Example sentences

• 她们患有疟疾。
  They're suffering from malaria.
• 疟疾是由蚊子传染的。
  Nüèjí shì yóu wénzi chuánrǎn de.
  Malaria is carried by mosquitoes.
• 在贫穷国家，最常见的仿冒药品是用来治疗疟疾、结核病和爱滋病等危及生命的疾病的药品。
  The most commonly counterfeited medicines in poor countries are used to treat life-threatening conditions such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.

Words starting with 疟

• 疟疾nüè jímalaria
• 疟子yào zi(colloquial) malaria
• 疟原虫nüè yuán chóngplasmodium (malaria parasite)
• 疟疾病nüè jí bìngmalaria
• 疟蚊nüè wénAnopheles (type of mosquito)

Words containing 疟

• 恶性疟原虫è xìng nüè yuán chóngplasmodium falciparum (malaria parasite)
• 痎疟jiē nüè(TCM) tertian malaria

Characters that look like 疟

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

• 拖tuōto drag; to tow; to trail
• 庙miàotemple; ancestral shrine; temple fair
• 拣jiǎnto choose; to pick; to sort out
• 骆luòcamel; white horse with a black mane (archaic)
• 疮chuāngsore; skin ulcer
• 疝shànhernia

Sounds the same

Read nüè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 虐(bound form) brutal; oppressive; harsh; (literary) disaster; catastrophe