HSK 6 · Body

麻醉 mázuì “anaesthesia” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 麻醉 means

  1. anaesthesia
  2. to anaesthetise
  3. to anesthetise
  4. (fig.) to corrupt (sb’s mind)
  5. to enervate
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to numb the mind (to escape from harsh reality)

How to say 麻醉

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale麻má2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale醉zuì4th tone, falling

麻醉 in a sentence

  1. 他在麻醉剂的作用下，他失去了知觉。

    Tā zài mázuìjì de zuòyòng xià, tā shīqù le zhījué.

    He lost consciousness under the anaesthetic.

    Sentence #761048 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 麻醉 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 麻 (má) with each of its parts in a different colour
麻máhemp
  • 广shelter · guǎng
  • 林forest · lín
The character 醉 (zuì) with each of its parts in a different colour
醉zuìintoxicated
  • 酉wine vessel · yǒuMeaning part
  • 卒soldier · zúSound part

酉 hints at the meaning (wine vessel); 卒 (zú) hints at the sound. Compare it with zuì.

How to write 麻醉

麻 11 strokes · 醉 15 strokes

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

Words related to 麻醉

Words with 麻

麻烦máfan · trouble麻痹mábì · paralysis麻木mámù · numb

Words with 醉

醉zuì · drunk陶醉táozuì · to be intoxicated (by)

More words: People, Body & Health

麻痹mábì · paralysis脉搏màibó · pulse麻木mámù · numb慢性mànxìng · chronic (illness)免疫miǎnyì · immunity膜mó · membrane目光mùguāng · gaze呕吐ǒutù · to vomit

FAQs

麻醉 (mázuì) means “anaesthesia” or “to anaesthetise”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it mázuì: má with a 2nd tone, then zuì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 麻醉 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mazui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 麻醉 from the suggestions. Typing mazui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
麻醉 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.