双相

雙相
shuāngxiàng
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 bipolar (in mental-health usage, short for bipolar disorder)
  2. 2 two-phase, biphasic (technical)

Examples

Tā quèzhěnle shuāngxiàng, zhèngzài chīyào.
He was diagnosed with bipolar and is on medication.
Shuāngxiàng qínggǎn zhàng'ài róngyì bèi wùzhěn wéi yìyùzhèng.
Bipolar disorder is easily misdiagnosed as depression.

Tips

usage
In mental-health contexts, shorthand for 双相情感障碍 'bipolar affective disorder'. Awareness rose sharply on Chinese social media in the 2020s. 双相 also has unrelated technical senses (two-phase power, biphasic reaction) — context disambiguates.

Stroke Order

shuāng
xiāng