症结 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 癥結 On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C2. zhēngjié ㄓㄥ ㄐㄧㄝˊ hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) crux of an issue main point in an argument sticking point deadlock in negotiations Character by character 症(zhēng)abdominal tumor 结(jié)knot A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0 国际中文教育中文水平等级标准, 中华人民共和国教育部, MIT