中暑

zhòngshǔ

verb HSK 6 #24,031

Meanings

HSK 3

他在太阳下站了太久，中暑了。

Tā zài tàiyáng xià zhàn le tài jiǔ, zhòngshǔ le.

He stood in the sun too long and got heatstroke.

HSK 5

夏天要多喝水，以防中暑。

Xiàtiān yào duō hē shuǐ, yǐfáng zhòngshǔ.

Drink more water in summer to prevent heatstroke.

memory

中 here means 'to be hit by' (as in 中毒, to be poisoned). 暑 means 'summer heat'. So 中暑 literally means 'to be struck by the summer heat'.

中 zhōng

暑 shǔ