Meaning of 发炎
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to become inflamed
- inflammation
How to use 发炎
发炎 is the everyday word for a body part becoming inflamed or infected, and you will hear it often at the doctor or pharmacy. It usually follows the body part as the subject. Example: 我的伤口发炎了。(Wǒ de shāngkǒu fāyán le.) My wound has become inflamed.
发 (fā) means to send out or break out, and 炎 (yán) is two 火 (huǒ, fire) stacked together. Picture a body part that breaks out in fire: red, hot, and swollen. That is inflammation.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes try to put an object after 发炎, as in 发炎喉咙. The body part goes before it instead: 喉咙发炎了 (hóulóng fāyán le), my throat is inflamed. Also keep 发 in first tone (fā), not the fourth tone fà used in 头发 (tóufa).
发炎 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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发 fā · to send out · 5 strokes
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炎 yán · flame · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 发炎.
| 发现 | fāxiàn | to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect |
| 出发 | chūfā | to set off; to start (on a journey); (fig.) to proceed from (a particular standpoint or ba |
| 头发 | tóufa | hair (on the head) |
| 发生 | fāshēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 發生問題|发生问题[fa1 sheng1 wen4 ti2] "a probl |
| 发展 | fāzhǎn | development; growth |
| 发出 | fāchū | to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let ou |
| 发明 | fāmíng | to invent; an invention |
| 沙发 | shāfā | (loanword) sofa (CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1]); (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post |
| 发表 | fābiǎo | to issue; to publish |
| 发动 | fādòng | to start; to launch |
| 发送 | fāsòng | to transmit; to dispatch |
| 开发 | kāifā | to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop |
Questions about 发炎
What does 发炎 mean?
发炎 (fāyán) means "to become inflamed; inflammation" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 发炎?
发炎 is made of 2 characters: 发 (5 strokes), 炎 (8 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.
Is 发炎 an HSK word?
Yes. 发炎 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 发炎 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 发炎 is written 發炎.
Is 发炎 the same as infection?
Not exactly. 发炎 means inflammation, though in daily speech people often use it loosely for an infected wound or sore throat. The more precise word for infection is 感染 (gǎnrǎn).
Can 发炎 be used as a noun?
Yes. It works as a noun in phrases like 消除发炎 (xiāochú fāyán), to reduce inflammation. In medical names it often shortens to 炎, as in 肺炎 (fèiyán), pneumonia, or 胃炎 (wèiyán), gastritis.