Chinese Conversation · Level 67
89 words
Chinese word
阵发性
Pronunciation
Pinyinzhèn fā xìng
Meaning
- adjectiveepisodic
Example
她经常有阵发性眩晕。tā jīng cháng yǒu zhèn fā xìng xuàn yùn
She often has episodic dizziness.
More examples
他一紧张就有阵发性心跳加速。tā yì jǐn zhāng jiù yǒu zhèn fā xìng xīn tiào jiā sù
Whenever he gets nervous, he has episodes of a racing heartbeat.
Core concept
A symptom or phenomenon that arrives in short bursts, disappears, and can return.
Similar words
间歇性jiàn xiē xìng: Stopping for a while and then starting again at intervals.
反复fǎn fù: Happening again and again, with the same symptom or event returning.
Definition in Chinese
表示症状或现象在短时间内突然发生并可反复出现的性质，常用于医学或技术描述。biǎo shì zhèng zhuàng huò xiàn xiàng zài duǎn shí jiān nèi tū rán fā shēng bìng kě fǎn fù chū xiàn de xìng zhì cháng yòng yú yī xué huò jì shù miáo shù
Word origin
阵 (zhèn, "spell or bout") + 发 (fā, "to occur") + 性 (xìng, "quality") builds the idea of a quality that occurs in bouts, giving the medical and technical sense of episodic.
Usage tips
- In everyday Chinese, this adjective has a clinical tone, so it fits a doctor's description or a technical report better than casual small talk.
Other meanings
- intermittentadjective