Meaning of 癌症
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
áizhèng
- cancer
癌症 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
他不是癌症死的。
He did not die of cancer.
Cookie的母亲死于癌症。
Cookie's mother died of cancer.
科学家们还没有找到癌症的治疗方法。
Scientists haven't found a cure for cancer yet.
我有癌症。
I have cancer.
这五年痛苦的癌症治疗他终于坚持下来了。
Throughout the five years of painful cancer treatments, he managed to keep a stiff upper lip.
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癌 ái · cancer · 17 strokes
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症 zhèng · ailment · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 癌症.
| 症状 | zhèngzhuàng | symptom (of an illness) |
| 病症 | bìngzhèng | disease; illness |
| 抑郁症 | yìyùzhèng | clinical depression |
| 后遗症 | hòuyízhèng | (medicine) sequelae; residual effects |
| 炎症 | yánzhèng | inflammation |
| 症结 | zhēngjié | hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine); crux of an issue |
| 恐惧症 | kǒngjùzhèng | phobia |
| 综合症 | zōnghézhèng | syndrome |
| 妄想症 | wàngxiǎngzhèng | delusional disorder; (fig.) paranoia |
| 重症 | zhòngzhèng | acute (of medical condition); grave |
| 肺癌 | fèi'ái | lung cancer |
| 强迫症 | qiǎngpòzhèng | obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) |
Questions about 癌症
What does 癌症 mean?
癌症 (áizhèng) means "cancer" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 癌症?
癌症 is made of 2 characters: 癌 (17 strokes), 症 (10 strokes). That is 27 strokes in total.
Is 癌症 an HSK word?
Yes. 癌症 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.