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治疗
zhìliáo
Main
English Definitionto treat (an illness); medical treatment; therapy
Simplified Script治疗
Traditional Script治療
Pinyinzhìliáo
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄓˋ ㄌㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping)zi6liu4
Part of Speech(动) verb
Proficiency Test LevelHSK=5; TOP=Advanced
Word Decomposition
治 zhìto rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research
疗 liáoto treat; to cure; therapy

Related Words

Words With Same Head Word    
治理zhìlǐto govern; to administer; to manage; to control; governance
治安zhì'ānlaw and order; public security; public order
治本zhìběnto take radical measures; to get to the root (of a problem etc)
治标zhìbiāoto treat only the symptoms but not the root cause
治病zhìbìngto treat an illness
Words With Same Tail Word    
医疗yīliáomedical treatment
化疗huàliáochemotherapy
水疗shuǐliáohydrotherapy; aquatherapy
理疗lǐliáophysiotherapy
药疗yàoliáoto treat with medicine
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