植物人

zhíwùrén

noun #12,836

Measure Word

一个植物人 gè

Meanings

1 person in a vegetative state
2 human vegetable

Characters

to plant; to grow

Examples

HSK 5

他在车祸后变成了植物人。

Tā zài chēhuò hòu biànchéng le zhíwùrén.

He became a vegetative patient after the car accident.

HSK 7-9

植物人的护理非常困难。

Zhíwùrén de hùlǐ fēicháng kùnnan.

Caring for a person in a vegetative state is very difficult.

Tips

memory

植物 (plant) + 人 (person) = a person who is like a plant, alive but unresponsive.

Stroke Order

植 zhí

物 wù

人 rén