HSK 6 · Body

防治 fángzhì “to prevent and treat (disease)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 防治 means

  1. to prevent and treat (disease)
  2. to prevent and cure
  3. prevention and cure

How to say 防治

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale防fáng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale治zhì4th tone, falling

防治 in a sentence

  1. 这本书介绍了感冒的防治方法。

    Zhè běn shū jièshào le gǎnmào de fángzhì fāngfǎ.

    This book explains how to prevent and treat colds.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 多运动有助于防治很多疾病。

    Duō yùndòng yǒuzhùyú fángzhì hěn duō jíbìng.

    Regular exercise helps prevent and treat many illnesses.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 防治 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 防 (fáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
防fángto protect
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 方square · fāngSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 方 (fāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with fáng.

The character 治 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
治zhìto rule
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 台platform · tāi

How to write 防治

防 6 strokes · 治 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 防治

Words with 防

预防yùfáng · to prevent防守fángshǒu · to defend防止fángzhǐ · to prevent防御fángyù · defence国防guófáng · national defence消防xiāofáng · firefighting

Words with 治

治疗zhìliáo · to treat (an illness)政治zhèngzhì · politics统治tǒngzhì · to rule治安zhì'ān · public order治理zhìlǐ · to govern

More words: People, Body & Health

喘气chuǎnqì · to pant动脉dòngmài · artery哆嗦duōsuo · to tremble恶心ěxin · to feel sick发炎fāyán · to become inflamed发育fāyù · to develop肺fèi · lung分泌fēnmì · to secrete

FAQs

防治 (fángzhì) means “to prevent and treat (disease)” or “to prevent and cure”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fángzhì: fáng with a 2nd tone, then zhì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 防治 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fangzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 防治 from the suggestions. Typing fangzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
防治 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.