症

zhèng

disease

illness

sickness (疒) + sound zhèng (正) = disease or illness

疒 is the sickness radical, depicting someone resting on a bed or leaning against a wall in illness. 正 mainly contributes the sound zhèng; the sickness radical carries the meaning.

疒+正→症
正CorrectPhonetic
疒IllnessSemantic

医生说他得了一种罕见的病症。

yī shēng shuō tā dé le yī zhǒng hǎn jiàn de bìng zhèng。

The doctor said he has a rare disease.

这种病症目前还没有很好的治疗方法。

zhè zhǒng bìng zhèng mù qián hái méi yǒu hěn hǎo de zhì liáo fāng fǎ。

There is currently no good treatment method for this illness.

Words with 症

恐怖症

kǒng bù zhèng

phobia

缺乏症

quē fá zhèng

clinical deficiency

绝症

jué zhèng

incurable disease

厌食症

yàn shí zhèng

anorexia

强迫症

qiǎng pò zhèng

obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

症结

zhēng jié

hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine)

顽症

wán zhèng

see 頑疾|顽疾[wan2 ji2]

疑难杂症

yí nán zá zhèng

dubious or hard-to-treat cases (medicine)

21三体综合症

èr shí yī sān tǐ zōng hé zhèng

trisomy; Down's syndrome

过胖暴食症

guò pàng bào shí zhèng

binge eating disorder (BED)

遗忘症

yí wàng zhèng

amnesia

重症监护

zhòng zhèng jiān hù

intensive care

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