慢性 mànxìng▶ mãn tính

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)

Related words

• 人性bản chất con người, nhân tính
• 任性bướng bỉnh; ngang bướng
• 弹性đàn hồi
• 怠慢lạnh nhạt
• 性命cuộc sống; đời
• 性感gợi cảm

慢性 is pronounced mànxìng and means “mãn tính”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 慢性 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.