中 zhōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
中暑
zhòngshǔ
heatstroke; to suffer heatstroke
Characters in this word
暑 shǔ
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 连续在烈日下工作，他很快出现了中暑症状。 Liánxù zài lièrì xià gōngzuò, tā hěn kuài chūxiàn le zhòngshǔ zhèngzhuàng. After working continuously under the blazing sun, he quickly developed symptoms of heatstroke.
- 夏天在户外运动要多喝水，以免中暑。 Xiàtiān zài hùwài yùndòng yào duō hē shuǐ, yǐmiǎn zhòngshǔ. When exercising outdoors in summer, drink plenty of water to avoid heatstroke.
- 他在太阳下站了很久，头晕恶心，可能是中暑了。 Tā zài tàiyáng xià zhàn le hěn jiǔ, tóuyūn ěxin, kěnéng shì zhòngshǔ le. He stood in the sun for a long time and feels dizzy and nauseous; it may be heatstroke.
Related words
- 中 zhōng middle, center; in, during
- 中国 Zhōngguó China
- 中间 zhōngjiān middle; between, among
- 中文 Zhōngwén Chinese (language)
- 中午 zhōngwǔ noon, midday
- 中学 zhōngxué middle school
- 中学生 zhōngxuéshēng middle school student
- 高中 gāozhōng senior high school
- 其中 qízhōng among them
- 心中 xīnzhōng in one's heart
- 中餐 zhōngcān Chinese food
- 中级 zhōngjí intermediate level