# 炎症 (yánzhèng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 炎症 (yánzhèng) means “inflammation; infection”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: inflammation; infection
- Pinyin: yánzhèng (yan2 zheng4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 医生给他开了一些消除炎症的药。
  Yīshēng gěi tā kāi le yīxiē xiāochú yánzhèng de yào.
  The doctor prescribed medicine to reduce the inflammation.

## Characters

- 炎 (yán): flame; inflammation
- 症 (zhēng): abdominal tumor; bowel obstruction

https://hanziro.com/word/yan-zheng-inflammation/

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