癫痫病

癲癇病
diānxiánbìng
noun #34,851

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 epilepsy

Examples

Tā cóng xiǎo jiù huàn yǒu diānxiánbìng.
He has had epilepsy since childhood.
Diānxiánbìng fāzuò shí pángrén yào bǎochí lěngjìng.
When an epileptic seizure occurs, bystanders should stay calm.

Tips

usage
癫痫 alone is the technical/medical term; appending (illness) makes it sound more colloquial. In Chinese folk speech epilepsy is also known as (yángdiānfēng) or 羊角.
memory
Both and carry the (sickness) radical. = madness, = childhood convulsion — together: a chronic disorder marked by sudden seizures.

Stroke Order

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