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Chinese symbol for “complication”

合并症
hé bìng zhèng
Traditional: 合併症
complication (medicine)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for complication is 合并症 (hé bìng zhèng), defined as: complication (medicine).

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Characters and stroke order

合 hé
to combine, to join, to unite; to gather
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes
并 bìng
to combine, to annex; also, what's more
radical 51 ⼲ · 6 strokes
症 zhèng
ailment, disease, illness
radical 104 ⽧ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “complication”

WordPinyinMeaning
周折zhōu zhétwists and turns; vicissitude

Related words

Other words that share a character with 合并症.

WordPinyinMeaning
合作hé zuòto cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
综合 (綜合)zōng hécomprehensive; composite
结合 (結合)jié héto combine; to link
联合 (聯合)lián héto combine; to join
合法hé fǎlawful; legitimate
适合 (適合)shì héto fit; to suit
并且 (並且)bìng qiěand; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition
并非 (並非)bìng fēireally isn't
症状 (症狀)zhèng zhuàngsymptom (of an illness)

See also: Japanese symbol for “complication”.

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.