HSK 6 · Body

慢性 mànxìng “chronic (illness)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 慢性 means

  1. chronic (illness)
  2. slow to act
  3. slow and patient
  4. chronic (disease)
  5. slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison)

How to say 慢性

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale慢màn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale性xìng4th tone, falling

慢性 in a sentence

  1. 他有慢性胃病。

    Tā yǒu mànxìng wèibìng.

    He has a chronic stomach problem.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 慢性病需要长期治疗。

    Mànxìng bìng xūyào chángqī zhìliáo.

    Chronic illnesses need long-term treatment.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 慢性 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 慢 (màn) with each of its parts in a different colour
慢mànslow
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 曼long · mànSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 曼 (màn) hints at the sound. Compare it with màn.

The character 性 (xìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
性xìngnature
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 生life · shēngSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 生 (shēng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xìng.

How to write 慢性

慢 14 strokes · 性 8 strokes

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慢性 (mànxìng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 慢性 (mànxìng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 慢性

Words with 慢

慢màn · slow怠慢dàimàn · to neglect (a guest)

Words with 性

性xìng · (suffix) -ness性别xìngbié · gender性格xìnggé · nature个性gèxìng · individuality性质xìngzhì · nature性命xìngmìng · life (of a person or animal)任性rènxìng · wilful性感xìnggǎn · sexy记性jìxing · memory (ability to remember)弹性tánxìng · elasticity

More words: People, Body & Health

聋哑lóngyǎ · deaf and mute麻痹mábì · paralysis脉搏màibó · pulse麻木mámù · numb麻醉mázuì · anaesthesia免疫miǎnyì · immunity膜mó · membrane目光mùguāng · gaze

FAQs

慢性 (mànxìng) means “chronic (illness)” or “slow to act”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it mànxìng: màn with a 4th tone, then xìng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 慢性 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type manxing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 慢性 from the suggestions. Typing manxing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
慢性 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.