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脑炎 (nǎo yán): Encephalitis (noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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脑炎 consists of 2 characters.

脑 • nǎo • brain

nǎo脑

brain

炎 • yán • flame, blaze, intense heat

yán炎

flame, blaze, intense heat

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Pinyinnǎo yán

Meaningencephalitis

Characters2

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Syntaxnoun

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Example Sentences with 脑炎

Tā他

dé得

le了

nǎo脑

yán炎

，

xū需

yào要

zhù住

yuàn院

zhì治

liáo疗

。

He got encephalitis and needs to be hospitalized.

Nǎo脑

yán炎

shì是

yī一

zhǒng种

yán严

zhòng重

de的

shén神

jīng

经

xì系

tǒng统

jí疾

bìng病

。

Encephalitis is a serious neurological disease.

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 脑炎.

Words with 脑

电脑diàn nǎocomputer
大脑dà nǎobrain
脑袋nǎo daihead; brains
头脑tóu nǎobrains
脑子nǎo zibrains
伤脑筋shāng nǎo jīncause somebody a headache; bothersome
脑海nǎo hǎiMind
首脑shǒu nǎohead

Words with 炎

发炎fā yáninflame
炎热yán rèscorching; blazing; burning hot
炎症yán zhènginflammation
肺炎fèi yánpneumonia
消炎

xiāo yán

reduce inflammation

肝炎gān yánhepatitis

关节炎guān jié yánarthritis

脑膜炎nǎo mó yánmeningitis