针
灸

Acupuncture and moxibustion in Chinese: 针灸 (zhēn jiǔ)

zhēn jiǔ

acupuncture and moxibustion

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 針灸1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1acupuncture and moxibustion
  2. 2to give or have acupuncture and moxibustion

Stroke order

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针
灸

Zhuyin

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ㄓㄣ

zhēn

ㄓ/ zhㄣ/ en—/ first tone

ㄐㄧㄡˇ

jiǔ

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

针灸

Simplified

針灸

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 医生用针灸帮他治好了腰痛。

    yī shēng yòng zhēn jiǔ bāng tā zhì hǎo le yāo tòng。

    The doctor cured his back pain with acupuncture.

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Related words

针

zhēn

needle

打针

dǎ zhēn

to give or have an injection

针对

zhēn duì

to target

方针

fāng zhēn

policy

指南针

zhǐ nán zhēn

compass

针锋相对

zhēn fēng xiāng duì

to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom)

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