中暑

zhòngshǔ

verb #24,031

Meanings

1 to suffer heatstroke
2 to get sunstroke
3 heatstroke

Characters

to be hit by; to suffer (verb sense)

summer heat; hot weather

Examples

他在太阳下站了太久，中暑了。

Tā zài tàiyáng xià zhàn le tài jiǔ, zhòngshǔ le.

He stood in the sun too long and got heatstroke.

夏天要多喝水，以防中暑。

Xiàtiān yào duō hē shuǐ, yǐfáng zhòngshǔ.

Drink more water in summer to prevent heatstroke.

Tips

memory

中 here means 'to be hit by' (as in 中毒, to be poisoned). 暑 means 'summer heat'. So 中暑 literally means 'to be struck by the summer heat'.

Stroke Order

中 zhōng

暑 shǔ