# 症结 (zhēngjié)

In Mandarin Chinese, 症结 (zhēngjié) means “crux of an issue; root cause”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: crux of an issue; root cause
- Pinyin: zhēngjié (zheng1 jie2)
- Traditional: 癥結
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 我们终于找到了问题的症结。
  Wǒmen zhōngyú zhǎodàole wèntí de zhēngjié.
  We finally found the crux of the problem.

## Characters

- 症 (zhēng): abdominal tumor; bowel obstruction
- [结](https://hanziro.com/word/jie-tie/) (jiē): to tie; knot

https://hanziro.com/word/zheng-jie-crux-issue/

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