症状

症状

See also: 症狀

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 症状 – see 症狀 (“symptom”). (This term, 症状, is the simplified form of 症狀.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 症状 – see 癥狀 (“signs and symptoms”). (This term, 症状, is the simplified form of 癥狀.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
症	状
しょう Grade: S	じょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 癥狀 (“abdominal tumor / disease + form or appearance”). Compare modern simplified Chinese 症状 (zhèngzhuàng, “symptom”).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ɕʲo̞ːd͡ʑʲo̞ː]

Noun

症状 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 症狀, hiragana しょうじょう, rōmaji shōjō, historical hiragana しゃうじゃう)

1. (medicine) a symptom

   ウルシに触 (ふ)れるとどういう症 (しょう)状 (じょう)ですか。気 (か)触 (ぶ)れるのですか。

   Urushi ni fureru to dō iu shōjō desu ka. Kabureru no desu ka.

   When you touch poison ivy, what kind of symptoms are there? Do you break out in a rash?

2. (medicine) a patient's medical condition

   患 (かん)者 (じゃ)の症 (しょう)状 (じょう)が悪 (あっ)化 (か)した。

   Kanja no shōjō ga akka shita.

   The patient's condition worsened.

Synonyms

• (symptom): 徴 (ちょう)候 (こう) (chōkō)
• (condition): 病 (びょう)状 (じょう) (byōjō), 容態 (ようだい) (yōdai)