治疗 zhìliáo to treat (an illness)
to treat (an illness); medical treatment; therapy
How to remember 治疗: 治 to administer + 疗 cure = to treat (an illness).
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How it is used
- To treat an illness / medical treatment - 接受治疗 (jiēshòu zhìliáo) to receive treatment, 治疗方案 treatment plan.
- 治疗 is the process of treating; 治好 (zhìhǎo) is to cure (complete result), 医治 is a near-synonym.
- Also therapy: 心理治疗 (xīnlǐ zhìliáo) psychotherapy.
- 治疗 focuses on the medical intervention; the doctor's 'seeing a patient' is 看病.
Example sentences
- 没有药物能够治疗这种疾病。 Méiyǒu yàowù nénggòu zhìliáo zhèzhǒng jíbìng.No medicine can cure this disease.
- 预防措施比真正的治疗更有效。 Yùfángcuòshī bǐ zhēnzhèng de zhìliáo gèng yǒuxiào.Preventive measures are much more effective than the actual treatment.
- 汤姆需要接受治疗。 Tāngmǔ xūyào jiēshòu zhìliáo.Tom needed treatment.