患 (waan6 | huan4) : trouble; suffer from; illness; worry

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患

waan6

huan4

[1] [n] trouble; peril; disaster
[2] [v] suffer from; contract; get (sick)
[3] [n] illness; suffering; adversity
[4] [v] worry; be swayed by

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 心 (#61)

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

患

This word has been viewed 5780 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 9th Jul 2014 23:37

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患難 waan6 naan6 huan4 nan4 = trials and tribulations

患上 waan6 soeng5 = bout; contract, "get" (an illness)

患有 waan6 jau5 = suffer

心臟疾患 sam1 zong6 zat6 waan6 xin1 zang4 ji2 huan4 = heart disease

舊患 gau6 waan6 = old wounds

患者 waan6 ze2 huan4 zhe3 = a patient; a sufferer

有備無患 jau5 bei6 mou4 waan6 = to prepare something for something unpredictable

疾患 zat6 waan6 ji2 huan4 = illness; disease

罹患 lei4 waan6 li2 huan4 = to suffer (from an illness); to fall ill

患病 waan6 beng6 huan4 bing4 = to sicken; to fall ill
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與其補救於已然，不如防患於未然。
Prevention is better than cure.

本港男子罹患新流感情況危殆
Hong Kong man suffering from H1N1 in critical condition

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Decimal representation of this word: 患
Unicode code for this character: U+60a3 (off-site link)

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