HSK 5 · Body

过敏 guòmǐn “allergic” in Chinese

Traditional 過敏

What 过敏 means

  1. allergic
  2. allergy
  3. oversensitive
  4. (medicine) allergic
  5. hypersensitive
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (fig.) oversensitive
  • prone to overreact

How to say 过敏

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale过guò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale敏mǐn3rd tone, dipping

过敏 in a sentence

  1. 你可能对花粉或灰尘过敏。

    Nǐ kěnéng duì huāfěn huò huīchén guòmǐn.

    You may be allergic to pollen or dust.

    Sentence #5967315 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你对任何药物过敏吗？

    Nǐ duì rènhé yàowù guòmǐn ma?

    Are you allergic to any medications?

    Sentence #844455 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我对牛奶过敏。

    Wǒ duì niúnǎi guòmǐn.

    I’m allergic to milk.

    Sentence #10324155 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 过敏 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 过 (guò) with each of its parts in a different colour
过guòto cross
  • 寸inch · cùn
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 咼 () hints at the sound. Compare it with guò.

Memory aidWalking 辶 past: to pass, to cross. In the full form 過, 咼 (guō) gave the sound.

The character 敏 (mǐn) with each of its parts in a different colour
敏mǐnquick; nimble; agile
  • 每each · měiSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 每 (měi) hints at the sound. Compare it with mǐn.

How to write 过敏

过 6 strokes · 敏 11 strokes

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

Words related to 过敏

Words with 过

过guò · to pass过年guònián · to celebrate the Chinese New Year过来guòlái · to come over难过nánguò · be grieved过去guòqù · in the past经过jīngguò · to pass过节guòjié · to celebrate a festival超过chāoguò · to surpass通过tōngguò · to pass through过程guòchéng · course of events

Words with 敏

敏感mǐngǎn · sensitive灵敏língmǐn · sensitive敏捷mǐnjié · quick敏锐mǐnruì · sharp

More words: People, Body & Health

传染chuánrǎn · to infect打喷嚏dǎpēntì · to sneeze骨头gǔtou · bone挂号guàhào · to register (at a hospital)后背hòubèi · back (of the body)怀孕huáiyùn · to be pregnant呼吸hūxī · to breathe肌肉jīròu · muscle

FAQs

过敏 (guòmǐn) means “allergic” or “allergy”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it guòmǐn: guò with a 4th tone, then mǐn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 过敏 is written 過敏. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guomin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 过敏 from the suggestions. Typing guomin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
过敏 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.