HSK 5 · Body

治疗 zhìliáo “to treat (an illness)” in Chinese

Traditional 治療

What 治疗 means

  1. to treat (an illness)
  2. medical treatment
  3. therapy

How to say 治疗

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale治zhì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale疗liáo2nd tone, rising

治疗 in a sentence

  1. 你应该留在医院，接受治疗。

    Nǐ yīnggāi liú zài yīyuàn, jiēshòu zhìliáo.

    You should stay in hospital and get treatment.

    Sentence #616749 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 没有药物能够治疗这种疾病。

    Méiyǒu yàowù nénggòu zhìliáo zhè zhǒng jíbìng.

    No medicine can cure this disease.

    Sentence #335541 from Tatoeba

  3. 这药可以治疗你的皮肤病。

    Zhè yào kěyǐ zhìliáo nǐ de pífūbìng.

    This medicine can treat your skin condition.

    Sentence #734915 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 治疗 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 治 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
治zhìto rule
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 台platform · tāi
The character 疗 (liáo) with each of its parts in a different colour
疗liáoto treat
  • 疒sickness · nè
  • 了clear · le

How to write 治疗

治 8 strokes · 疗 7 strokes

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

Words related to 治疗

Words with 治

政治zhèngzhì · politics防治fángzhì · to prevent and treat (disease)统治tǒngzhì · to rule治安zhì'ān · public order治理zhìlǐ · to govern

More words: People, Body & Health

腰yāo · waist晕yūn · dizzy着凉zháoliáng · to catch a cold诊断zhěnduàn · to diagnose中心zhōngxīn · centre姿势zīshì · posture醉zuì · drunk伴侣bànlǚ · partner

FAQs

治疗 (zhìliáo) means “to treat (an illness)” or “medical treatment”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhìliáo: zhì with a 4th tone, then liáo with a 2nd 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, 治疗 is written 治療. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhiliao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 治疗 from the suggestions. Typing zhiliao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
治疗 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.