zhàng

common
technical
noun

Meaning of

瘴 means miasma; poisonous mountain mist. Pronounced zhàng qì.

  • miasma; poisonous mountain mist

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Definitions & Examples

dài
bèi
biǎn
dào
lǐng
nán
de
guān
yuán
cháng
cháng
huì
gǎn
rǎn
zhàng
ér
shēng
bìng
 

Ancient officials exiled to Lingnan often got sick after contracting miasma.

Zhè
piàn
shēn
shān
lǎo
lín
cháng
nián
màn
zhe
nóng
zhòng
de
zhàng
 
hěn
shǎo
yǒu
rén
gǎn
mào
rán
jìn
 

This deep mountain forest is filled with thick poisonous mist all year round, and few people dare to enter rashly.

Tàn
xiǎn
jiā
men
pèi
bèi
le
zhuān
de
fáng
miàn
lái
shēn
shān
de
zhàng
 

The explorers were equipped with professional gas masks to protect against the miasma in the mountains.

Dāng
cūn
mín
huì
zài
qīng
chén
kāi
shān
 
yīn
wèi
de
zhàng
zuì
nóng
 

Local villagers avoid valleys in the early morning, as the miasma there is thickest.

Shǐ
shū
zǎi
 
Zhū
Liàng
nán
zhēng
shí
céng
zāo
guò
yán
zhòng
de
zhàng
qíng
 

Historical records show that Zhuge Liang encountered a severe miasma epidemic during his southern campaign.