脑卒中

腦卒中
nǎocùzhòng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 stroke
  2. 2 cerebrovascular accident
  3. 3 apoplexy

Examples

Gāo xuèyā shì nǎocùzhòng de zhǔyào wēixiǎn yīnsù.
Hypertension is a major risk factor for stroke.
Jíshí qiǎngjiù kěyǐ jiàngdī nǎocùzhòng de zhìcánlǜ.
Timely emergency care can reduce stroke disability rates.

Tips

mistakes
The character is read zhòng (4th tone) here, meaning 'to be struck/hit', not zhōng 'middle'. Same zhòng as in 中风 (classical term for stroke) and 中毒 (poisoned).

Stroke Order

nǎo
zhōng