瘟 wēn
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 疒 — sickness, disease
- Made of
- 疒 sickness, disease 昷 warm, a warm meal
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
瘟疫
wēnyì
plague; epidemic
Characters in this word
疫 yì
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 疒 — sickness, disease
- Made of
- 疒 sickness, disease 殳 tool, weapon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 中世纪的瘟疫不仅夺走生命，也深刻改变了欧洲的劳动力结构。 Zhōngshìjì de wēnyì bùjǐn duózǒu shēngmìng, yě shēnkè gǎibiàn le Ōuzhōu de láodònglì jiégòu. The medieval plague not only took lives but also profoundly changed Europe's labour structure.
- 那场瘟疫夺走了村里许多人的生命。 Nà chǎng wēnyì duózǒu le cūn lǐ xǔduō rén de shēngmìng. That epidemic took the lives of many people in the village.
- 科学家正在研究如何预防未来可能的瘟疫。 Kēxuéjiā zhèngzài yánjiū rúhé yùfáng wèilái kěnéng de wēnyì. Scientists are studying how to prevent a possible future plague.
Related words
- 免疫 miǎnyì to be immune
- 防疫 fángyì epidemic prevention; disease control
- 疫苗 yìmiáo vaccine
- 瘫痪 tānhuàn to be paralysed; to be paralysed/shut down
- 瘫 tān to be paralysed; to collapse
- 酗酒 xùjiǔ to drink excessively; alcohol abuse
- 吸毒 xīdú to take drugs; drug abuse
- 瘾 yǐn addiction; craving
- 抑郁症 yìyùzhèng depression
- 先天 xiāntiān innate; congenital
- 胎儿 tāi'ér foetus
- 胎 tāi foetus; birth; measure word for pregnancies or births