癌症

áizhèng

noun HSK 7 #2,320

Measure Word

一种癌症 zhǒng

Meanings

1 cancer

Characters

cancer; carcinoma

disease; illness

Examples

他被诊断出癌症。

Tā bèi zhěnduàn chū áizhèng.

He was diagnosed with cancer.

癌症的治疗方法越来越多。

Áizhèng de zhìliáo fāngfǎ yuèláiyuè duō.

There are more and more treatments for cancer.

Tips

mistakes

癌 is pronounced ái (second tone), not yán. Many learners confuse it because the character contains 岩 (yán, rock), but the pronunciation is different.

Stroke Order

癌 ái

症 zhèng