发 fā
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
发炎
fāyán
to become inflamed
Characters in this word
炎 yán
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 火 — fire, flame
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 伤口如果处理不当，很容易发炎，甚至引发更严重的感染。 Shāngkǒu rúguǒ chǔlǐ bùdàng, hěn róngyì fāyán, shènzhì yǐnfā gèng yánzhòng de gǎnrǎn. If a wound is not treated properly, it can easily become inflamed and even cause a more serious infection.
- 我的嗓子发炎了，吃饭和说话都很疼。 Wǒ de sǎngzi fāyán le, chīfàn hé shuōhuà dōu hěn téng. My throat is inflamed, and it hurts to eat and to talk.
- 他的牙齿发炎了，脸肿得很厉害，必须去看牙医。 Tā de yáchǐ fāyán le, liǎn zhǒng de hěn lìhai, bìxū qù kàn yáyī. His tooth is inflamed and his face is badly swollen, so he must see a dentist.
Related words
- 出发 chūfā to set out
- 发 fā to send; to hand out
- 发现 fāxiàn to discover; to find
- 头发 tóufa hair
- 发表 fābiǎo to publish; to express publicly
- 发出 fāchū to give off; to send out
- 发达 fādá developed; advanced
- 发动 fādòng to start; to launch
- 发明 fāmíng to invent; invention
- 发生 fāshēng to happen; to occur
- 发送 fāsòng to send
- 发言 fāyán to speak; to make a speech