炎
症

Inflammation in Chinese: 炎症 (yán zhèng)

yán zhèng

inflammation

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Definitions

  1. 1inflammation

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炎
症

Zhuyin

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ㄧㄢˊ

yán

ㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄓㄥˋ

zhèng

ㄓ/ zhㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 医生说他的嗓子有炎症。

    yī shēng shuō tā de sǎng zi yǒu yán zhèng。

    The doctor said his throat had an inflammation.

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Related words

发炎

fā yán

to become inflamed

症状

zhèng zhuàng

symptom (of an illness)

癌症

ái zhèng

cancer

病症

bìng zhèng

disease

炎热

yán rè

blistering hot

症结

zhēng jié

hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine)

后遗症

hòu yí zhèng

(medicine) sequelae

抑郁症

yì yù zhèng

clinical depression

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