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患有 (huàn yǒu) — (formal) to suffer from (a disease), to be afflicted with

Definition

Formal verb meaning 'to suffer from (a disease)' — used in medical or written contexts, not everyday speech. Pairs with an illness name; for casual 'have a cold' use 感冒 rather than 患有感冒.

verb
(formal) to suffer from (a disease)to be afflicted with

Examples

  • 患有。
    Tā huàn yǒu yán zhòng de táng niào bìng.
    He suffers from severe diabetes.
  • 患有。
    Zhè zhǒng yào kě yǐ zhì liáo huàn yǒu gāo xuè yā de bìng rén.
    This medicine can treat patients suffering from high blood pressure.
  • 患有。
    Tā cóng xiǎo jiù huàn yǒu xiào chuǎn.
    She has suffered from asthma since childhood.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

患huànsuffer
有yǒuhave

“患” means suffer, “有” means have, together meaning to have an illness.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
串
串chuàn患huàn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

患 is made from 心, a heart, plus 串, which gives the sound. Some old explanations also read the upper part as piercing through the heart.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
肉肉ròumeat
Sound part声符shēngfú
又
又yòu有yǒu
Same sound today

The form 有 combines 又, used for its sound, with a shape from 肉, 'meat'; the hand-holding-meat story is a folk explanation, not shown in the oldest shape.

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