Chinese word

低血糖

Pronunciation

Pinyindī xuè táng

Meaning

  • nounlow blood sugar

Example

昨天运动后我突然低血糖，需要吃点东西。zuó tiān yùn dòng hòu wǒ tū rán dī xuè táng xū yào chī diǎn dōng xī

After exercising yesterday, I suddenly had low blood sugar and needed to eat something.

Illustration for 低血糖 (low blood sugar)

More examples

今天早上空腹时我感觉到低血糖，吃了面包才好些。jīn tiān zǎo shàng kōng fù shí wǒ gǎn jué dào dī xuè táng chī le miàn bāo cái hǎo xiē

This morning, I felt my blood sugar drop while I was fasting, and I felt somewhat better only after eating bread.

Core concept

A bodily state in which the blood carries too little of the sugar used for quick energy, whether or not symptoms appear.

Common phrases

  • 发生低血糖fā shēng dī xuè táng

    experience low blood sugar

  • 低血糖症状dī xuè táng zhèng zhuàng

    symptoms of low blood sugar

  • 低血糖发作dī xuè táng fā zuò

    low blood sugar episode

Similar words

血糖低xuè táng dī: An everyday way to say that blood sugar is low.

Definition in Chinese

血液中的血糖浓度低于正常水平，可能引起头晕、出汗、心悸、乏力等症状的状态。xuè yè zhōng de xuè táng nóng dù dī yú zhèng cháng shuǐ píng kě néng yín qǐ tóu yūn chū hàn xīn jì fá lì děng zhèng zhuàng de zhuàng tài

Word origin

低血糖 (dīxuètáng, "low blood sugar") combines 低 (dī, "low") with 血糖 (xuètáng, "blood sugar"), forming a medical term for an unusually low level of sugar in the blood.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, this medical noun can refer to a brief episode as well as a diagnosed condition, so it does not by itself show how long the problem lasts.

Other meanings

  • hypoglycemianoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 低血糖症dī xuè táng zhènghypoglycemianoun
  • 低血糖发作dī xuè táng fā zuòlow blood sugar episodenoun
  • 低血糖症状dī xuè táng zhèng zhuàngsymptoms of low blood sugarnoun

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