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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
痢疾
dysentery
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
dysentery
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 痢疾 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 痢疾 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Because Tom didn't thoroughly clean the pots, Mary got dysentery.
While camping, Tom gave Mary dysentery by not thoroughly cleaning the pots and pans.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 痢疾.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 痢疾.
Directly before
- 了痢疾2
- 的痢疾1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 痢疾
What does 痢疾 mean in Chinese?
痢疾 (lìji) means dysentery.
How do you pronounce 痢疾?
痢疾 is pronounced lìji.
Is 痢疾 an HSK word?
痢疾 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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