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广泛性焦虑症

guǎng fàn xìng jiāo lǜ zhèngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-ddc582cddb6b7498. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

廣泛性焦慮症 广泛性焦虑症 [guang3 fan4 xing4 jiao1 lu:4 zheng4] /generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)/

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Other forms in these source records: 廣泛性焦慮症

  • 广
    yǎn

    "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc

    guǎng

    wide / numerous / to spread

    Guǎng

    surname Guang

  • 泛
    fàn

    (bound form) general / non-specific / extensive / pan- / to flood / (literary) to float about / to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc)

  • 性
    xìng

    nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL:個|个[gè]

  • 焦
    jiāo

    burnt / scorched / charred / worried / anxious / coke / joule (abbr. for 焦耳[jiāo ěr])

    Jiāo

    surname Jiao

  • 虑
    lǜ

    to think over / to consider / anxiety

  • 症
    zhèng

    disease / illness

    zhēng

    abdominal tumor / bowel obstruction / (fig.) sticking point

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