Chinese symbol for “asthma”
哮喘
xiào chuǎn
asthma
The closest CC-CEDICT match for asthma is 哮喘 (xiào chuǎn), defined as: asthma.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “asthma”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哮喘病 | xiào chuǎn bìng | asthma |
| 气喘病 (氣喘病) | qì chuǎn bìng | asthma |
| 喘 | chuǎn | to gasp; to pant |
| 气喘 (氣喘) | qì chuǎn | to gasp for breath; asthma |
| 痚 | xiāo | asthma; difficulty in breathing |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 哮喘.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咆哮 | páo xiào | (of beasts of prey, torrents of water, a person in a rage etc) to roar |
| 哮喘病 | xiào chuǎn bìng | asthma |
| 咆哮如雷 | páo xiào rú léi | to be in a thundering rage (idiom) |
| 哮鸣 (哮鳴) | xiào míng | wheezing |
| 氨哮素 | ān xiào sù | clenbuterol |
| 喘息 | chuǎn xī | to gasp for breath; to take a breather |
| 喘气 (喘氣) | chuǎn qì | to breathe deeply; to pant; to gasp; to take a breather; to catch one's breath |
| 气喘 (氣喘) | qì chuǎn | to gasp for breath; asthma |
See also: Japanese symbol for “asthma”.
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.