症 zhèng ailment
ailment; disease; illness
How to remember 症: 疒 illness + 正 upright = ailment. Weeks of illness later, grandpa sits upright in bed and asks the doctor for the name of his ailment.
Component breakdown
症 = 疒 illness + 正 upright
- 疒 illness
- 正 upright
- 一 one
- 止 stop
Weeks of illness later, grandpa sits upright in bed and asks the doctor for the name of his ailment.
How it is used
- Symptom/ailment/-osis - 症状 (zhèngzhuàng) symptom, 病症 (bìngzhèng) an illness/condition.
- Names conditions: 炎症 (yánzhèng) inflammation, 抑郁症 (yìyùzhèng) clinical depression, 并发症 (bìngfāzhèng) complications, 后遗症 (hòuyízhèng) after-effects.
- 对症下药 (duìzhèng-xiàyào) = to prescribe the right cure for the ailment / tackle a problem at its root.
- Alt reading zhēng in 症结 (zhēngjié), the crux/knot of a problem.
Words with 症
- 炎症yánzhènginflammationHSK 6
- 症状zhèngzhuàngsymptom (of an illness)HSK 6
- 后遗症hòuyízhèngsequelaeHSK 8
- 对症下药duìzhèng-xiàyàoliterally to prescribe the right medicine for an illnessHSK 8
- 并发症bìngfāzhèngcomplicationsHSK 8
- 抑郁症yìyùzhèngclinical depressionHSK 8
- 病症bìngzhèngdiseaseHSK 9
- 症结zhēngjiéhard lump in the abdomenHSK 9
- 癌症áizhèngcancerHSK 9