慢性阻塞性肺病

Traditional form:

慢性阻塞性肺病

Pinyin (reading):

mànxìngzǔsèxìngfèibìng

Definitions:

• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Characters:

• 慢 - slowly, leisurely; sluggish
• 性 - sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
• 阻 - to hinder, to impede; to obstruct, to oppose
• 塞 - to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress
• 性 - sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
• 肺 - lungs
• 病 - sickness, illness, disease

Traditional characters:

• 慢 - slowly, leisurely; sluggish
• 性 - sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
• 阻 - to hinder, to impede; to obstruct, to oppose
• 塞 - to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress
• 性 - sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
• 肺 - lungs
• 病 - sickness, illness, disease