Chinese symbol for “biopsy”
活检
huó jiǎn
Traditional: 活檢
biopsy; abbr. for 活体组织检查 (huó tǐ zǔ zhī jiǎn chá)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for biopsy is 活检 (huó jiǎn), defined as: biopsy; abbr. for 活体组织检查 (huó tǐ zǔ zhī jiǎn chá).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “biopsy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 切片检查 (切片檢查) | qiē piàn jiǎn chá | histopathological examination; biopsy |
| 活体检视 (活體檢視) | huó tǐ jiǎn shì | biopsy |
| 活组织检查 (活組織檢查) | huó zǔ zhī jiǎn chá | biopsy |
| 活体组织检查 (活體組織檢查) | huó tǐ zǔ zhī jiǎn chá | biopsy; abbr. to 活检 (huó jiǎn) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 活检.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live; life |
| 活跃 (活躍) | huó yuè | active; lively |
| 活着 (活著) | huó zhe | alive |
| 活力 | huó lì | energy; vitality |
| 灵活 (靈活) | líng huó | flexible; nimble |
| 检查 (檢查) | jiǎn chá | inspection; to examine |
| 检测 (檢測) | jiǎn cè | to test; to detect |
See also: Japanese symbol for “biopsy”.
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.