癫痫病

癲癇病
diānxiánbìng
noun #34,851

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 epilepsy

Examples

HSK 6
Tā cóngxiǎo jiù huànyǒu diānxiánbìng.
He has had epilepsy since childhood.
HSK 7-9
Diānxiánbìng fāzuò shí pángrén yào bǎochí lěngjìng.
When an epileptic seizure occurs, bystanders should stay calm.

Tips

usage
癫痫 alone is the technical/medical term; appending 病 (illness) makes it sound more colloquial. In Chinese folk speech epilepsy is also known as 羊癫风 or 羊角风.
memory
Both 癫 and 痫 carry the 疒 (sickness) radical. 癫 = madness, 痫 = childhood convulsion - together: a chronic disorder marked by sudden seizures.

Stroke Order

癫 diān
痫 xián
病 bìng