三高

sāngāo
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the 'three highs' — high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high blood lipids
  2. 2 metabolic risk trio

Examples

Wǒ bà yǒu sāngāo, chīfàn yào tèbié zhùyì.
My dad has the three-highs, so he has to watch what he eats.
Zhè kuǎn shípǐn xuānchēng shìhé sāngāo rénqún.
This product claims to be suitable for people with the three-highs.

Tips

culture
Standard health shorthand on Chinese food packaging, TV ads and doctor visits. The three are 高血压 (hypertension), 高血糖 (high blood sugar), 高血脂 (high cholesterol/lipids).
usage
Classical 三高 referred to three lofty recluses (cf. 《). That sense is archaic — in contemporary speech 三高 is always the health term.

Stroke Order

sān
gāo