患 (huàn): to suffer (from illness), to contract (a disease), misfortune
患 (huàn) is a Chinese character meaning “to suffer (from illness).” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 串 (phonetic) and 心 (semantic). It ranks #1242 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 患 heart. Its radical form 忄 (heart) appears in many related characters such as 忙 (máng, busy), 快 (kuài, fast, happy), 怎 (zěn, how).
Definitions
- to suffer (from illness)
- to contract (a disease)
- misfortune
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 患
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 患有verb | huàn yǒu | to contract (an illness) |
| 患病verb | huàn bìng | to fall ill |
| 隐患noun | yǐn huàn | a danger concealed within sth |
| 人满为患phrase | rén mǎn wéi huàn | packed with people |
| 患难noun | huàn nàn | trials and tribulations |
| 有备无患phrase | yǒu bèi wú huàn | Preparedness averts peril. |
| 患儿noun | huàn ér | child patient |
| 后患 | hòu huàn | future trouble |
| 防患于未然phrase | fáng huàn yú wèi rán | see 防患未然 |
| 患得患失verb | huàn dé huàn shī | to worry about personal gains and losses |
| 患处noun | huàn chù | afflicted part |
| 患难之交phrase | huàn nàn zhī jiāo | a friend in times of tribulations (idiom) |
| 后患无穷phrase | hòu huàn wú qióng | (idiom) there will be no end of trouble in the future |
| 外患noun | wài huàn | foreign aggression |
| 水患noun | shuǐ huàn | flooding |
患 appears in 48 compound words: 25 as the first character, 54 as the last, and 21 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 患 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (13)
to prevent a disaster before the event (idiom); to nip sth in the bud
to take preventative measures before a disaster occurs; to prevent trouble before it happens
to be mean; to be tight-fisted; to be overcautious; to tend to avoid risks
internal and external troubles; internal upheaval and external invasions
to cause problems due to being overcrowded; to cause problems due to being packed with people
to not eliminate bad people or the enemy and bring future trouble to oneself
to take preventative measures before a disaster occurs; to prevent trouble before it happens
to be mean; to be tight-fisted; to be overcautious; to tend to avoid risks
internal and external troubles; internal upheaval and external invasions
to cause problems due to being overcrowded; to cause problems due to being packed with people
to not eliminate bad people or the enemy and bring future trouble to oneself
Showing 12 of 13 idioms containing 患.
Example Sentences
他患甘情愿地帮助每一个需要帮助的人。
tā huàn gān qíng yuàn dì bāng zhù měi yī gě xū yāo bāng zhù de rén .
He willingly helps everyone in need.
避孕药的副作用和危害大吗?高血压患者能否安全使用口服药
bì yùn yào de fù zuò yòng hé wēi hài dà ma ? gāo xiě yā huàn zhě néng fǒu ān quán shǐ yòng kǒu fú yào
Are the side effects and harm of birth control pills great? Can people with high blood pressure safely use oral medications?
低糖食品有哪些?糖尿病患者和减肥人群需求不同吗
dī táng shí pǐn yǒu nǎ xiē ? táng niào bìng huàn zhě hé jiǎn féi rén qún xū qiú bù tóng ma
What are the low-sugar foods? Do diabetics and weight loss people have different needs?
历史上的今天/1958年台南安定乌脚病患赴台大医院治疗
lì shǐ shàng de jīn tiān 1 9 5 8 nián tái nán ān dìng wū jiǎo bìng huàn fù tái dà yī yuàn zhì liáo
Today in history/In 1958, a black-footed patient in Anding, Tainan went to National Taiwan University Hospital for treatment
...口感染的 EB 病毒取得关键突破,为移植患者带来新希望
. . . kǒu gǎn rǎn de E B bìng dú qǔ dé guān jiàn tū pò , wéi yí zhí huàn zhě dài lái xīn xī wàng
... A key breakthrough in orally infected EBV brings new hope to transplant patients
斗湖1小时豪雨引发大水患 轿车险灭顶多路中断
dǒu hú 1 xiǎo shí háo yǔ yǐn fā dà shuǐ huàn jiào chē xiǎn miè dǐng duō lù zhōng duàn
Tawau 1-hour heavy rain caused heavy flooding, and the car was almost destroyed, and many roads were interrupted
汤姆是恋童癖患者。
Tāngmǔ shì liàntóngpǐ huànzhě.
Tom is a pedophile.
你是否身患需服药的疾病？
Nǐ shìfǒu shēn huàn xū fúyào de jíbìng?
Do you suffer from diseases that require medication?
我想检查一下我是否患了乳癌。
Wǒ xiǎng jiǎnchá yīxià wǒ shìfǒu huàn le rǔ'ái.
I'd like to have a test for breast cancer.
我的父親是患癌症死的。
Wǒ de fùqīn shì huàn áizhèng sǐ de.
My father died of cancer.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 心 (heart) component
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