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症

zhèng

HSK 6 Character

What 症 means

1. disease
2. illness

Other readings

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

• zhēngabdominal tumor; bowel obstruction; (fig.) sticking point

Example sentences

• 我有癌症。
  I have cancer.
• 我有失眠症。
  I can't sleep at night.
• 你有什么症状？
  What symptoms do you have?
• 汤姆有自闭症吗？
  Tāngmǔ yǒu zìbìzhèng ma?
  Is Tom autistic?
• 他患了不治之症。
  Tā huàn le bùzhìzhīzhèng.
  He has an incurable disease.
• 他不是癌症死的。
  He did not die of cancer.

Words starting with 症

• 症状zhèng zhuàngsymptom (of an illness)
• 症结zhēng jiéhard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine); crux of an issue…
• 症候zhèng hòuillness; disease
• 症象zhèng xiàngsymptom
• 症候群zhèng hòu qún(Taiwan) syndrome
• 症状性zhèng zhuàng xìngsymptomatic

Words containing 症

• 癌症ái zhèngcancer
• 后遗症hòu yí zhèng(medicine) sequelae; residual effects; (fig.) repercussions
• 抑郁症yì yù zhèngclinical depression
• 病症bìng zhèngdisease; illness
• 综合症zōng hé zhèngsyndrome
• 绝症jué zhèngincurable disease; terminal illness
• 炎症yán zhènginflammation
• 多动症duō dòng zhèng(colloquial) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• 并发症bìng fā zhèngcomplications (undesired side-effect of medical procedure)
• 忧郁症yōu yù zhèng(psychology) depression
• 重症zhòng zhèngacute (of medical condition); grave
• 精神分裂症jīng shén fēn liè zhèngschizophrenia
• 对症下药duì zhèng xià yàolit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom)…
• 恐惧症kǒng jù zhèngphobia
• 自闭症zì bì zhèngautism
• 强迫症qiǎng pò zhèngobsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
• 尿毒症niào dú zhèng(medicine) uremia
• 不治之症bù zhì zhī zhèngincurable disease
• 对症duì zhèngcorrect diagnosis; to prescribe the right cure for an illness…
• 急症jí zhèngacute disease; medical emergency
• 死症sǐ zhèngincurable disease; terminal illness
• 油症yóu zhèngYusho disease or Yu-cheng disease, mass poisoning caused by rice bran oil in northern…
• 险症xiǎn zhèngcritical illness
• 不育症bù yù zhèngsterility; barrenness

Characters built on 正

These share the phonetic component 正 (zhèng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 政zhèngpolitical; politics; government
• 证zhèngto admonish; variant of 证
• 整zhěng(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole…
• 征zhēngjourney; trip; expedition
• 怔zhēng(bound form) startled; terrified; panic-stricken
• 钲zhēnggong used to halt troops

Characters that look like 症

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

• 疾jí(bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
• 疯fēnginsane; mad; wild
• 痉jìngspasm
• 疽jūgangrene
• 疸daused in 疙疸
• 痍yíbruise; sores

Sounds the same

Read zhèng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 正straight; upright; proper
• 证to admonish; variant of 证
• 政political; politics; government
• 挣to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)
• 郑used in 郑重
• 怔(dialect) to stare blankly; to be in a daze; Taiwan pr. lèng
• 铮(dialect; bound form) shiny; gleaming; Taiwan pr. zhēng
• 诤to admonish; to warn sb of their errors; to criticize frankly