How to say “pneumonia” in Chinese
pneumonia
“Pneumonia” in Chinese is 肺炎, fèi yán: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
肺炎 is read fèi yán: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the left, 月 “flesh”. The right part is not 市: the vertical stroke runs straight from top to bottom, with no dot.
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 “肺炎”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 肺炎. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 医生排除了肺炎的可能yīshēngpáichúlefèiyándekěnéngThe doctor ruled out pneumonia.
More words from the lesson “Inflammation, poisoning, heatstroke”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “pneumonia” in Chinese?
“Pneumonia” in Chinese is 肺炎, pinyin fèiyán.
What does 肺炎 mean?
肺炎 (fèiyán) means “pneumonia”.
How do you write 肺炎?
肺炎 is 2 characters: 肺 (fèi) — lungs; 炎 (yán) — inflammation; scorching heat. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 肺炎?
肺炎 is read fèiyán. Tones: fèi — fourth tone, yán — second tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“pneumonia” 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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