癌 ái
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 疒 — sickness, disease
- Made of
- 疒 sickness, disease 嵒 cliff, rocks, mountain
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
癌
ái
cancer
Character
Example phrases
- 早期筛查能把癌发现得更早，从而显著提高治愈率。 Zǎoqī shāichá néng bǎ ái fāxiàn de gèng zǎo, cóng'ér xiǎnzhù tígāo zhìyù lǜ. Early screening can detect cancer earlier and thereby significantly improve the cure rate.
- 医生说这个肿瘤不是癌，大家都松了一口气。 Yīshēng shuō zhège zhǒngliú bú shì ái, dàjiā dōu sōng le yì kǒu qì. The doctor said the tumour was not cancer, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
- 常吃烧焦的食物会不会致癌？ Cháng chī shāojiāo de shíwù huì bu huì zhì'ái? Could regularly eating burnt food cause cancer?
Related words
- 癌症 áizhèng cancer; malignant disease
- 粪便 fènbiàn faeces; stool
- 恶性 èxìng malignant; vicious
- 分泌 fēnmì to secrete
- 病症 bìngzhèng symptom; illness condition
- 激素 jīsù hormone
- 发作 fāzuò to flare up; to have an attack; to break out
- 骨骼 gǔgé skeleton; bones
- 昏 hūn to faint; to lose consciousness
- 动脉 dòngmài artery; vital route
- 昏迷 hūnmí to be unconscious; to be in a coma
- 触觉 chùjué sense of touch; tactile perception