恐高症

kǒnggāozhèng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 fear of heights
  2. 2 acrophobia

Examples

HSK 7-9
Wǒ yǒu kǒnggāozhèng, bù gǎn zuò mótiānlún.
I'm afraid of heights, so I don't dare ride the Ferris wheel.
HSK 7-9
Yǒu kǒnggāozhèng de rén zǒu zài bōli zhàndào shàng, wǎngwǎng tuǐ dōu huì fāruǎn.
People with a fear of heights often go weak at the knees on a glass skywalk.

Tips

usage
Casual speech often drops the 症: 我恐高 "I'm scared of heights". Other phobias put the feared thing before 恐惧症 "phobia", as in 幽闭恐惧症 (claustrophobia), 社交恐惧症 (social phobia), shortened online to 社恐.

Stroke Order

恐 kǒng
高 gāo
症 zhèng