症状 (zhèng zhuàng) — symptom (of an illness)
Definition
A specific observable sign of an illness (fever, cough, etc.), not the illness itself. Unlike 病情 ('state of an illness'), 症状 names the individual signs; 病症 names the disease.
noun
symptom (of an illness)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 症状。Gǎn mào de zhèng zhuàng bāo kuò fā shāo hé ké sou.Symptoms of a cold include fever and cough.
- 症状，。Zhè zhǒng zhèng zhuàng hěn cháng jiàn, bú yòng tài dān xīn.This kind of symptom is very common; don't worry too much.
- 症状。Tā de zhèng zhuàng yǐ jīng xiāo shī le.His symptoms have already disappeared.
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