水俁病 shuǐ yǔ bìng

Minamata disease; mercury poisoning

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Minamata disease (mercury poisoning found in Southern Japan in 1956)

Characters

Character Meaning
水 shuǐ HSK 1
water; liquid; beverage
俁 yǔ
big
病 bìng HSK 2
to fall ill; illness; disease