Chinese symbol for “atherosclerosis”
粥样硬化
zhōu yàng yìng huà
Traditional: 粥樣硬化
atherosclerosis; hardening of the arteries
The closest CC-CEDICT match for atherosclerosis is 粥样硬化 (zhōu yàng yìng huà), defined as: atherosclerosis; hardening of the arteries.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “atherosclerosis”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 动脉粥样硬化 (動脈粥樣硬化) | dòng mài zhōu yàng yìng huà | atherosclerosis |
| 血管粥样硬化 (血管粥樣硬化) | xuè guǎn zhōu yàng yìng huà | atherosclerosis; hardening of the arteries |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 粥样硬化.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一锅粥 (一鍋粥) | yī guō zhōu | (lit.) a pot of porridge; (fig.) a complete mess |
| 白粥 | bái zhōu | plain rice congee |
| 僧多粥少 | sēng duō zhōu shǎo | lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom); fig. not enough to go around |
| 米粥 | mǐ zhōu | congee |
| 稀粥 | xī zhōu | water gruel; thin porridge |
| 腊八粥 (臘八粥) | là bā zhōu | Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar |
| 这样 (這樣) | zhè yàng | this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such |
| 一样 (一樣) | yī yàng | same; like |
| 硬件 | yìng jiàn | hardware |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture; civilization |
See also: Japanese symbol for “atherosclerosis”.
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.