麻醉
Old HSK 6
麻醉 (mázuì) · anesthesia
麻醉 (mázuì) means “anesthesia; to anesthetize”. It is written with 2 characters: 麻 (hemp) + 醉 (drunk). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 麻醉 is built
The characters
麻 má · hemp
What 麻 is made of
- 广guǎng — broad
- 丶 — dot
- 厂chǎng — "cliff" in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27)
- 林lín — forest
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 木mù — tree
Origin hint: Hemp plants 林 growing in a greenhouse 广 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
醉 zuì · drunk
What 醉 is made of
- 酉yǒu — wine
- 兀wù — weak
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 儿ér — child
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 兀wù — weak
- 卒zú — soldier
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 从cóng — from
- 人rén — person
- 人rén — person
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
Example sentences
医生给病人做了麻醉。Yīshēng gěi bìngrén zuò le mázuì.The doctor gave the patient an anesthetic.
麻醉过后，伤口开始疼了。Mázuì guòhòu, shāngkǒu kāishǐ téng le.After the anesthetic wore off, the wound began to hurt.
Questions about 麻醉
What does 麻醉 mean?
麻醉 (mázuì) means “anesthesia; to anesthetize”.
How do you pronounce 麻醉?
麻醉 is pronounced mázuì.
Which HSK level is 麻醉?
麻醉 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
Learn 麻醉 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 121: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.