How to say “become inflamed” in Chinese

发炎
fāyán

become inflamed

verb · HSK 6 · topic “Illness and treatment”

“Become inflamed” in Chinese is 发炎, fā yán: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

发炎 is read fā yán: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

fā — 1st tonehigh and level, like a long note
yán — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”

How to write it

发
fā — send, emit

Its second reading is fà, “hair”: in 头发 it sounds with the neutral tone, fa.

炎
yán — inflammation; scorching heat

Two 火 “fires”, one above the other: heat. Part of 谈 tán and 淡 dàn.

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “发炎”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 发炎. Tap the sound icon to listen.

  • 我嗓子发炎了。wǒsǎngzifāyánleMy throat is inflamed.
  • 我的嗓子发炎了wǒdesǎngzifāyánleMy throat is inflamed.

More words from the lesson “Inflammation, poisoning, heatstroke”

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say “become inflamed” in Chinese?

“Become inflamed” in Chinese is 发炎, pinyin fāyán.

What does 发炎 mean?

发炎 (fāyán) means “become inflamed”.

How do you write 发炎?

发炎 is 2 characters: 发 (fā) — send, emit; 炎 (yán) — inflammation; scorching heat. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.

How do you pronounce 发炎?

发炎 is read fāyán. Tones: fā — first tone, yán — second tone. The page has a native speaker recording.

“become inflamed” in the lesson “Inflammation, poisoning, heatstroke”

This word is from the topic “Illness and treatment” of HSK 6. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.

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