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诊断

zhěn duàn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 診斷

诊断 (zhěn duàn) means "to diagnose". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 诊断 means

1. to diagnose

The characters in 诊断

• 诊zhěnto examine or treat medically
• 断duànto break; to snap; to cut off

Example sentences

• 诊断患有“网络成瘾症”的人差不多总是也有其他的困难。
  Zhěnduàn huànyǒu "wǎngluòchéngyǐn zhèng " de rén chàbuduō zǒngshì yě yǒu qítā de kùnnan.
  People “diagnosed” with “Internet addiction” are nearly always diagnosed with other difficulties as well.

Words containing 诊断

• 快速诊断测试kuài sù zhěn duàn cè shìrapid diagnostic test (RDT)

Where 诊断 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Health, Medical & Fatigue (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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