Chinese symbol for “chronic”
慢性
màn xìng
slow and patient; chronic (disease); slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for chronic is 慢性 (màn xìng), defined as: slow and patient; chronic (disease); slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 慢性.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 慢慢 | màn màn | slowly; gradually |
| 缓慢 (緩慢) | huǎn màn | slow; unhurried; sluggish |
| 傲慢 | ào màn | arrogant; haughty |
| 放慢 | fàng màn | to reduce the pace (of movements, steps etc) |
| 慢慢来 (慢慢來) | màn màn lái | take your time; take it easy |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
| 男性 | nán xìng | the male sex; a male |
| 性质 (性質) | xìng zhì | nature; characteristic |
See also: Japanese symbol for “chronic”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.