消化不良

Mandarin · pinyin xiāo huà bù liáng

Meanings

  1. indigestion
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消
xiāo · vanish, die out; melt away
化
huà · change, convert, reform; -ize
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
良
liáng · good, virtuous, respectable
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1–4–4–2 · xiao1 hua4 bu4 liang2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

siu1 faa3 bat1 loeng4

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noun

  1. (medicine) indigestion; dyspepsia

verb

  1. (medicine) to have indigestion

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