Chinese symbol for “abscess”
脓肿
nóng zhǒng
Traditional: 膿腫
abscess
The closest CC-CEDICT match for abscess is 脓肿 (nóng zhǒng), defined as: abscess.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 脓肿.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脓包 (膿包) | nóng bāo | pustule; (fig.) worthless person |
| 脓疱 (膿皰) | nóng pào | pimple containing pus |
| 化脓 (化膿) | huà nóng | to fester; to suppurate |
| 化脓性 (化膿性) | huà nóng xìng | purulent (containing pus); septic |
| 流脓 (流膿) | liú nóng | to discharge pus; to suppurate |
| 肿瘤 (腫瘤) | zhǒng liú | tumor |
| 肿胀 (腫脹) | zhǒng zhàng | swelling; oedema |
| 臃肿 (臃腫) | yōng zhǒng | obese; bloated |
See also: Japanese symbol for “abscess”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.