广场恐怖症

廣場恐怖症
guǎngchǎng kǒngbùzhèng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 agoraphobia
  2. 2 fear of open or public spaces

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tā huànyǒu guǎngchǎng kǒngbùzhèng, hěn shǎo chūmén.
He suffers from agoraphobia and rarely leaves the house.
HSK 7-9
Guǎngchǎng kǒngbùzhèng chángcháng bànsuí jīngkǒng fāzuò.
Agoraphobia is often accompanied by panic attacks.

Tips

memory
Reads literally as 'plaza-fear-illness,' a calque of Greek agora ('marketplace, plaza') + phobia. The suffix marks medical conditions - pair with 抑郁症 ('depression'), 失眠症 ('insomnia').
mistakes
Don't confuse with 幽闭恐惧症 ('claustrophobia') - that's the opposite phobia (closed spaces). Note also that mainland clinical writing usually says 广场恐惧症 (with instead of ); 广场恐怖症 is the recorded variant.

Stroke Order

广 guǎng
chǎng
kǒng
zhèng