# 高血压 (gāoxuèyā)

In Mandarin Chinese, 高血压 (gāoxuèyā) means “high blood pressure; hypertension”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: high blood pressure; hypertension
- Pinyin: gāoxuèyā (gao1 xue4 ya1)
- Traditional: 高血壓
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 有高血压的人要少吃盐。
  Yǒu gāoxuèyā de rén yào shǎo chī yán.
  People with high blood pressure should eat less salt.

## Characters

- [高](https://hanziro.com/word/gao-tall/) (gāo): tall; high
- [血](https://hanziro.com/word/xue-blood/) (xuè): blood
- [压](https://hanziro.com/word/ya-press/) (yā): to press; to push down

https://hanziro.com/word/gao-xue-ya-high-blood-pressure/

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