治疗
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 5
治疗 (zhìliáo) · to treat (an illness)
治疗 (zhìliáo) means “to treat (an illness); treatment”. It is written with 2 characters: 治 (to treat) + 疗 (cured). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 治疗 is built
The characters
治 zhì · to treat
What 治 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 台tái — platform
- 厶sī — private
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A structure 台 that directs the flow of water 氵 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
疗 liáo · cured
What 疗 is made of
- 疒nè — sickness
- 广guǎng — broad
- 丶 — dot
- 厂chǎng — cliff
- 冫bīng — ice
- 丶 — dot
- 广guǎng — broad
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 乛 — bent stroke
- 亅 — hook
Origin hint: To clear 了 an illness 疒; 了 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他在医院治疗了一个月。Tā zài yīyuàn zhìliáo le yī gè yuè.He was treated in hospital for a month.
这种病需要治疗多久？Zhè zhǒng bìng xūyào zhìliáo duō jiǔ?How long does this illness need treating?
Questions about 治疗
What does 治疗 mean?
治疗 (zhìliáo) means “to treat (an illness); treatment”.
How do you pronounce 治疗?
治疗 is pronounced zhìliáo.
Which HSK level is 治疗?
治疗 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 政治zhèngzhìpolitics
- 防治fángzhìto prevent and treat
- 统治tǒngzhìto rule
- 治安zhì'ānpublic order
- 治理zhìlǐto manage
- 治zhìto treat
- 疗养liáoyǎngto recuperate
- 医疗yīliáomedical treatment
Learn 治疗 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 58: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.