化疗

化療

huàliáo

noun/verb #6,965

Meanings

1 chemotherapy
2 to undergo chemotherapy

Characters

chemical; to transform

to treat; therapy

Examples

她正在接受化疗。

Tā zhèngzài jiēshòu huàliáo.

She is undergoing chemotherapy.

化疗的副作用很大。

Huàliáo de fùzuòyòng hěn dà.

The side effects of chemotherapy are severe.

Tips

memory

化疗 is short for 化学治疗 (huàxué zhìliáo, chemical treatment). Just the first character of each word: 化 + 疗.

Stroke Order

化 huà

疗 liáo