症 (zhèng): symptom
症 (zhèng) is a Chinese character meaning “symptom.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 疒 (semantic) and 正 (phonetic). It ranks #1250 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 症 sickness. Its radical form 疒 (illness) appears in many related characters such as 医 (yī, medicine), 病 (bìng, illness), 疼 (téng, ache).
Definitions
- symptom
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 症
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 癌症 | ái zhèng | cancer |
| 恐惧症 | kǒng jù zhèng | phobia |
| 强迫症 | qiǎng pò zhèng | obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) |
| 病症 | bìng zhèng | disease |
| 并发症 | bìng fā zhèng | complications (undesired side-effect of medical procedure) |
| 重症 | zhòng zhèng | acute (of medical condition) |
| 抑郁症 | yì yù zhèng | clinical depression |
| 绝症 | jué zhèng | incurable disease |
| 后遗症 | hòu yí zhèng | (medicine) sequelae |
| 厌食症 | yàn shí zhèng | anorexia |
| 急症 | jí zhèng | acute disease |
| 症结 | zhēng jié | hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) |
| 败血症 | bài xuè zhèng | septicaemia |
| 症候 | zhèng hòu | illness |
| 恐怖症 | kǒng bù zhèng | phobia |
症 appears in 100 compound words: 4 as the first character, 95 as the last, and 1 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 症 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
这种症状持续了一个星期，建议去医院检查一下。
Zhè zhǒng zhèngzhuàng chíxù le yí gè xīngqī, jiànyì qù yīyuàn jiǎnchá yíxià.
These symptoms have persisted for a week; it's recommended to go to the hospital for a check-up.
睇急症怕贵点拣好?2026年全港13间私家医院...
睇 jí zhèng pà guì diǎn jiǎn hǎo ? 2 0 2 6 nián quán gǎng 1 3 jiān sī jiā yī yuàn . . .
How to choose if you are afraid of being expensive? In 2026, there will be 13 private hospitals in Hong Kong...
...面窄到一根手指都疼是怎么回事?会不会是炎症刺激所致
. . . miàn zhǎi dào yī gēn shǒu zhǐ dōu téng shì zěn má huí shì ? huì bù huì shì yán zhèng cì jī suǒ zhì
... What's going on with the face so narrow that a finger hurts? Could it be caused by inflammatory stimulation?
搭完邮轮有“离船症候群”?30-60岁女性最常见
dā wán yóu lún yǒu lí chuán zhèng hòu qún ? 3 0 6 0 suì nǚ xìng zuì cháng jiàn
After a cruise, "disembarkation syndrome" is most common among women aged 30-60
预防干眼症、黄斑部病变:食疗与四招护眼操
yù fáng gān yǎn zhèng , huáng bān bù bìng biàn : shí liáo yǔ sì zhāo hù yǎn cāo
Prevent dry eye syndrome and macular degeneration: diet therapy and four-way eye care exercises
80天生死坚守:湘雅二医院重症医学科“5170”的..
tiān shēng sǐ jiān shǒu 湘 yǎ èr yī yuàn chóng zhèng yī xué kē de . .
80 days of life and death: Xiangya No.2 Hospital's "5170" C...
这种症状在我身上将会持续多久？
Zhèzhǒng zhēng zhuàng zài wǒ shēnshang jiānghuì chíxù duōjiǔ?
For how long will I continue to have these symptoms?
你有深海恐惧症吗？
Nǐ yǒu shēnhǎi kǒngjùzhèng ma?
Do you have deep sea phobia?
你有新冠病毒的症状吗？
Nǐ yǒu xīnguānbìngdú de zhèngzhuàng ma?
Do you have coronavirus symptoms?
他儿子小时候就死于癌症了。
Tā érzi xiǎoshíhou jiù sǐ yú áizhèng le.
His son died from cancer at a young age.
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