# 休克 (xiūkè)

In Mandarin Chinese, 休克 (xiūkè) means “shock; to go into shock”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: shock; to go into shock
- Pinyin: xiūkè (xiu1 ke4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 病人因为失血过多而出现休克。
  Bìngrén yīnwèi shīxuè guò duō ér chūxiàn xiūkè.
  The patient went into shock due to excessive blood loss.

## Characters

- 休 (xiū): to rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time
- [克](https://hanziro.com/word/ke-be-able/) (kè): to be able to; to subdue

https://hanziro.com/word/xiu-ke-shock/

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