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癌症

cancer

癌症
áizhèng2nd tone

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Pinyin
áizhèng
Strokes
27
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1

Stroke order for 癌症

癌症 is written with 27 strokes (癌: 17, 症: 10). The animation replays automatically.

Usage

Beyond HSK 2. 癌症 means cancer; here 他得过癌症.

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癌症 appears in 1 Fluentide podcast episode at natural native speed. Each sentence plays at the easiest difficulty it exists in — switch it to hear the same moment at your level, with full pinyin and English throughout.

他得过癌症,这是一种很重的病。

He had cancer, which is a very serious illness.

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