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麻醉

má zuì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

麻醉 (má zuì) means "anesthesia; to anesthetize; (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind); to enervate; to numb the mind (to escape from harsh reality)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 麻醉 means

1. anesthesia
2. to anesthetize; (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind); to enervate; to numb the mind (to escape from harsh reality)

The characters in 麻醉

• 麻máhemp (variant of 麻
• 醉zuìintoxicated

Example sentences

• 在麻醉剂的作用下，他昏了过去。
  Zài mázuìjì de zuòyòng xià, tā hūn le guòqù.
  He lost consciousness under the influence of the anesthetic.
• 什么痛苦能让你想用酒精去麻醉自己？
  Shénme tòngkǔ néng ràng nǐ xiǎng yòng jiǔjīng qù mázuì zìjǐ?
  What pain are you trying to cover up with alcohol?
• 他在麻醉剂的作用下，他失去了知觉。
  Tā zài mázuìjì de zuòyòng xià, tā shīqù le zhījué.
  He lost consciousness under the influence of the anesthetic.
• 什幺痛苦能让你想用酒精去麻醉自己？
  What pain are you trying to cover up with alcohol?

Words starting with 麻醉

• 麻醉剂má zuì jìan anesthetic; (fig.) a narcotic
• 麻醉药má zuì yàoanesthetic; narcotic
• 麻醉学má zuì xuéanesthesiology
• 麻醉师má zuì shīanaesthetist
• 麻醉学者má zuì xué zhěanaesthesiologist
• 麻醉药品má zuì yào pǐnnarcotic

Words containing 麻醉

• 半麻醉bàn má zuìlocal anesthetic; anesthesia to half the body (as for a C-section birth)
• 全身麻醉quán shēn má zuìgeneral anesthesia
• 局部麻醉jú bù má zuìlocal anesthesia
• 针刺麻醉zhēn cì má zuìacupuncture anesthesia
• 局部麻醉剂jú bù má zuì jìlocal anesthetic

Where 麻醉 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · má (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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