边缘型人格

邊緣型人格
biānyuánxíngréngé
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 borderline personality (BPD)
  2. 2 borderline personality disorder (short for 边缘型人格障碍)

Examples

HSK 4
Tā zuìjìn zài kàn yīběn guānyú biānyuánxíngréngé de shū.
She's been reading a book about borderline personality lately.
HSK 6
Biānyuánxíngréngé zhàng'ài de huànzhě qíngxù bōdòng hěn dà.
Patients with borderline personality disorder have extreme mood swings.

Tips

usage
边缘 here is a translation of 'borderline' - historically named because symptoms sit on the 'border' between neurosis and psychosis. In casual use Chinese speakers drop 障碍 and say just 边缘型人格, same way English shortens BPD casually.

Stroke Order

biān
yuán
xíng
rén