脑炎

腦炎
nǎoyán
noun #22,716

Meanings

  1. 1 encephalitis
  2. 2 inflammation of the brain

Examples

HSK 6
Tā yīn huàn bìngdúxìng nǎoyán zhù jìn le yīyuàn.
He was hospitalised due to viral encephalitis.
HSK 7-9
Rìběn nǎoyán shì yì zhǒng yóu wénzi chuánbō de jíbìng.
Japanese encephalitis is a disease spread by mosquitoes.

Tips

memory
脑 means 'brain' and 炎 means 'inflammation' (literally 'fire upon fire' - two flames stacked). The same suffix 炎 appears in 肺炎 (pneumonia), 肝炎 (hepatitis), and 胃炎 (gastritis).

Stroke Order

脑 nǎo
炎 yán