高 gāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 高 — tall, lofty
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
高血压
gāoxuèyā
high blood pressure; hypertension
Characters in this word
血 xuè
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 血 — blood
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
压 yā
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 长期熬夜和高盐饮食会增加高血压风险，年轻人也不能掉以轻心。 Chángqī áoyè hé gāoyán yǐnshí huì zēngjiā gāoxuèyā fēngxiǎn, niánqīngrén yě bù néng diàoyǐqīngxīn. Long-term staying up late and a high-salt diet increase the risk of hypertension, so young people cannot take it lightly either.
- 爷爷有高血压，医生让他少吃盐。 Yéye yǒu gāoxuèyā, yīshēng ràng tā shǎo chī yán. Grandpa has high blood pressure, and the doctor told him to eat less salt.
- 定期量血压可以及早发现高血压。 Dìngqī liáng xuèyā kěyǐ jízǎo fāxiàn gāoxuèyā. Measuring your blood pressure regularly helps detect hypertension early.