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癌症 (ái zhèng) — how to say "cancer" in Chinese
癌症
Cancer (disease)
noun
Character composition
癌
cancer (tumor)
症
symptom, disease
Radicals / Keys
疒
Sickness
#104 · chuáng · 5 strokes
Collocations
癌症治疗
ái zhèng zhì liáo
cancer treatment
癌症患者
ái zhèng huàn zhě
cancer patient
得癌症
dé ái zhèng
get cancer
Examples
医生说他父亲的癌症需要马上治疗。
The doctor said his father's cancer needs immediate treatment.
他得了癌症。
He has cancer.
Frequently asked questions
Cancer in Chinese meaning
"cancer" in Chinese is 癌症 (ái zhèng).
癌症 meaning in English
癌症 (ái zhèng) means "Cancer (disease)".
Cancer in Mandarin pinyin
It is pronounced ái zhèng (written as ai zheng, aizheng). You can listen to the pronunciation on this page.
How do you write "cancer" in Chinese characters?
It is written 癌症: 癌 has 17 strokes, 症 has 10 strokes. The Writing section above animates the stroke order of each character and lets you trace it.
What HSK level is 癌症?
癌症 belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary list.
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