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过敏

guò mǐn

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

过敏 (guò mǐn) means "to have an allergy". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 过敏 means

1. medicineallergic; hypersensitive
2. (fig.) oversensitive; prone to overreact

The characters in 过敏

• 过guòto cross; to go over; to pass (time)
• 敏mǐn(bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart

Example sentences

• 我玉米过敏。
  I'm allergic to corn.
• 我对花粉过敏。
  Wǒ duì huāfěnguòmǐn.
  I am allergic to pollen.
• 我猕猴桃过敏。
  Wǒ míhóutáo guòmǐn.
  I'm allergic to kiwi.
• 我对牛奶过敏。
  I have an allergy to milk.
• 你对花生过敏吗？
  Are you allergic to peanuts?
• 他对花生过敏吧？
  He's allergic to peanuts, isn't he?

Words starting with 过敏

• 过敏原guò mǐn yuánallergen; anaphylactogen
• 过敏性guò mǐn xìnghypersensitive; allergic reaction; anaphylaxis
• 过敏反应guò mǐn fǎn yìngallergic reaction
• 过敏性休克guò mǐn xìng xiū kèanaphylactic shock
• 过敏性反应guò mǐn xìng fǎn yìngallergic reaction; hypersensitive reaction; anaphylaxis

Words containing 过敏

• 神经过敏shén jīng guò mǐnjumpy; nervous; oversensitive
• 花粉过敏huā fěn guò mǐnhay fever

Where 过敏 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Health, Medicine & Wellbeing (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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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read guò mǐn correctly.
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