恐怖症

kǒngbùzhèng

noun #24,225

Measure Word

一种恐怖症 zhǒng

Meanings

1 phobia
2 irrational fear disorder

Characters

condition / syndrome

Examples

她有蜘蛛恐怖症，看到蜘蛛就会尖叫。

Tā yǒu zhīzhū kǒngbùzhèng, kàndào zhīzhū jiù huì jiānjiào.

She has arachnophobia and screams whenever she sees a spider.

社交恐怖症让他很难融入群体。

Shèjiāo kǒngbùzhèng ràng tā hěn nán róngrù qúntǐ.

Social phobia makes it very hard for him to fit in with groups.

Tips

memory

Think: 恐怖 (terror/horror) + 症 (syndrome/condition) = a condition of terror = phobia. The suffix 症 attaches to many medical/psychological conditions in Chinese.

Stroke Order

恐 kǒng

怖 bù

症 zhèng