Browse "Health" Characters

Every character has an origin. Discover the pictographs, myths, and history behind each Chinese character — with pinyin, stroke order, HSK level, and audio pronunciation.

生命

shēng mìng

生命 (shēng mìng) literally combines 生 (shēng)

呼救

hū jiù

‘呼救’ is a compound verb meaning 'to cry for he

体味

tǐ wèi

'体味' (tǐ wèi) literally combines '体' (tǐ), m

吸收

xī shōu

吸收 (xī shōu) is a verb meaning 'to absorb'—bo

吸烟

xī yān

吸烟 literally means 'to inhale smoke' and is the

受益

shòu yì

受益 literally means 'to receive benefit' — 受 (s

采取

cǎi qǔ

‘采取’ is a compound verb meaning 'to adopt' or

反馈

fǎn kuì

‘反馈’ (fǎn kuì) literally means ‘to return’

及格

jí gé

及格 (jí gé) is a verb meaning 'to pass'—specif

涉及

shè jí

涉及 is a transitive verb meaning 'to involve' or

厉行

lì xíng

‘厉行’ is a formal, written verb meaning ‘to ri

转危为安

zhuǎn wēi wéi ān

‘转危为安’ is a four-character idiom (chengyu) m

危在旦夕

wēi zài dàn xī

'危在旦夕' is a classical four-character idiom mea

危急

wēi jí

‘危急’ is an adjective meaning 'critical' or 'di

危机

wēi jī

‘危机’ (wēi jī) literally combines 危 (wēi),

危险

wēi xiǎn

'危险' (wēi xiǎn) is a compound word meaning 'da

手印

shǒuyìn

‘手印’ literally combines 手 (shǒu, 'hand') and

印证

yìnzhèng

印证 means 'to verify' or 'to corroborate' — to c

药匙

yào chí

'Yào chí' literally means 'medicine spoon' — a

药勺

yào sháo

'Yào sháo' literally combines 'yào' (medicine)

立功

lì gōng

立功 (lì gōng) literally means 'to establish mer

剧烈

jù liè

‘剧烈’ is an adjective meaning 'intense' or 'vio

剧痛

jù tòng

‘剧痛’ literally combines 剧 (jù), meaning 'int

剩磁

shèng cí

Residual magnetism (shèng cí) refers to the magn

准则

zhǔn zé

准则 (zhǔn zé) is a formal noun meaning 'criteri

判定

pàndìng

判定 means 'to determine conclusively' — it refer

切除

qiē chú

切除 (qiē chú) is a transitive verb meaning 'to

切断

qiē duàn

切断 literally means 'to cut' (切) and 'to break/s

刀疤

dāo bā

刀疤 (dāo bā) literally means 'knife scar' — a

仪器

yí qì

‘仪器’ (yí qì) is a compound noun meaning ‘in

入伍

rù wǔ

‘入伍’ literally means ‘enter the ranks’ — ‘

免试

miǎn shì

‘免试’ literally means ‘exemption from examinat

免责

miǎn zé

‘免责’ literally means ‘to exempt from responsi

免疫

miǎn yì

免疫 (miǎn yì) literally means 'to avoid disease

攻克

gōng kè

攻克 is a transitive verb meaning 'to capture' in

光头

guāng tóu

‘光头’ (guāng tóu) literally means ‘light hea

传染

chuán rǎn

传染 (chuán rǎn) is a verb meaning 'to infect' o

传播

chuán bō

传播 (chuán bō) is a verb meaning 'to spread' or

实效

shí xiào

‘实效’ (shí xiào) literally combines ‘实’ (s

见效

jiàn xiào

‘见效’ literally means ‘to see effect’ — comb