Chinese symbol for “cure”
治愈
zhì yù
Traditional: 治癒
to cure; to restore to health; uplifting; heartwarming
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cure is 治愈 (zhì yù), defined as: to cure; to restore to health; uplifting; heartwarming.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “cure”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 熟化 | shú huà | to cure; to mature |
| 医 (醫) | yī | medical; medicine |
| 矫正 (矯正) | jiǎo zhèng | to correct; to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision) |
| 疗 (療) | liáo | to treat; to cure |
| 腌 (醃) | yān | to salt; to pickle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 治愈.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 政治 | zhèng zhì | politics; political |
| 治疗 (治療) | zhì liáo | to treat (an illness); medical treatment |
| 统治 (統治) | tǒng zhì | to rule (a country); to govern |
| 治理 | zhì lǐ | to govern; to administer |
| 自治区 (自治區) | zì zhì qū | autonomous region – a provincial-level administrative division of China with self-governance for ethnic minorities (five in total: Guangxi, |
| 自治 | zì zhì | autonomy |
| 愈来愈 (愈來愈) | yù lái yù | more and more |
| 痊愈 (痊癒) | quán yù | to recover completely (from illness or injury) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cure”.
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