láo

technical
medical

Meaning of

痨 means consumptive disease; tuberculosis (TB); wasting disease; draining or exhausting situation (figurative). Pronounced láo.

  • consumptive disease; tuberculosis (TB); wasting disease
  • draining or exhausting situation (figurative)

Character Info

Radical
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Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Zài
kàng
shēng
míng
zhī
qián
 
fèi
láo
shì
zhǒng
de
bìng
 

Before the invention of antibiotics, tuberculosis was a dreadful disease.

nián
qīng
shí
jiù
le
cháng
láo
 
shēn
zhí
hěn
ruò
 

He contracted intestinal tuberculosis when he was young and has been very weak ever since.

Mín
jiān
piān
fāng
dào
yòng
mǒu
xiē
cǎo
yào
zhì
liáo
gān
xuè
láo
 

Folk remedies mention using certain herbs to treat dry-blood consumption.