患 (huàn) means Suffer from (trouble - misfortune). Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
医生耐心地向 患 者解释病情。
Yīshēng nàixīn de xiàng huànzhě jiěshì bìngqíng.
The doctor patiently explained the condition to the patient.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 患者
检查中发现了几处安全隐 患 。
Jiǎnchá zhōng fāxiàn le jǐ chù ānquán yǐnhuàn.
The inspection found several hidden safety hazards.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 隐患
小问题不解决就会变成隐 患 。
Xiǎo wèntí bù jiějué jiù huì biànchéng yǐnhuàn.
Small problems left unsolved become hidden dangers.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 隐患
这家医院每天接待上千名 患 者。
Zhè jiā yīyuàn měi tiān jiēdài shàng qiān míng huànzhě.
This hospital receives over a thousand patients a day.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 患者
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Words that contain 患
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Questions about 患
How is 患 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 患 (huàn, "Suffer from (trouble - misfortune)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 患 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 患 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 患?
The dictionary page for 患 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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