慢性 mànxìng▶ chronic

Stroke order

慢性 is written in 22 strokes across 2 characters.

• 慢 — 14 strokes
• 性 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. slow and patient
2. chronic (disease)
3. slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison)

Characters in 慢性

• 慢 màn — slow
• 性 xìng — nature; character; property

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

• 人性human nature
• 任性Wayward
• 弹性elastic
• 怠慢cold-shoulder
• 性命life
• 性感sexy

慢性 is pronounced mànxìng and means “chronic”.

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