症 (zing3 | zheng4) : disease; illness

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症

zing3

zheng4

[1] disease; illness; ailment
[2] symptom (of disease)
[3] simplified form of 癥

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 疒 (#104)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

症

This word has been viewed 7137 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Oct 2010 10:08

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急症室 gap1 zing3 sat1 ji2 zheng4 shi4 = emergency ward 粵

症狀 zing3 zong6 zheng4 zhuang4 = symptom of an illness

健忘症 gin6 mong4 zing3 jian4 wang4 zheng4 = amnesia; memory loss

失憶症 sat1 jik1 zing3 shi1 yi4 zheng4 = amnesia; memory loss

急症 gap1 zing3 ji2 zheng4 = emergency

失眠症 sat1 min4 zing3 shi1 mian4 zheng4 = insomnia

癡呆症 ci1 ngoi4 zing3 chi1 dai1 zheng4 = senile dementia

花粉過敏症 faa1 fan2 gwo3 man5 zing3 = hay fever

街症 gaai1 zing3 = outpatient clinic

診症 can2 zing3 zhen3 zheng4 = diagnose an illness 粵
See all 95 compounds (CantoDict reports 103 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 症
Unicode code for this character: U+75c7 (off-site link)

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