Meaning
cancer; cancer (old pronuniation); carcinoma
Chinese: 癌症。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “ai” becomes a different word in each tone. 癌 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 癌症ái zhèngcancer
- 癌变ái biànto become cancerous; transformation to malignancy (of body cells)
- 致癌zhì áito cause cancer; carcinogenic
- 血癌xuè áileukemia
- 抗癌kàng áianti-cancer
Example Sentence
早睡早起、多运动可以减少患癌症的风险。Zǎo shuì zǎo qǐ, duō yùn dòng kě yǐ jiǎn shǎo huàn ái zhèng de fēng xiǎn.Sleeping early and exercising more can reduce the risk of getting cancer.
早Zǎoearly睡shuìto sleep早起zǎo qǐto get up early、多duōmany运动yùn dòngto move可以kě yǐcan减jiǎnto lower少shǎofew患癌huàn áito develop cancer症zhèngdisease的deof风险fēng xiǎnrisk。