Chinese symbol for “catheter”
导管
dǎo guǎn
Traditional: 導管
duct; pipe; conduit; (botany) vessel; (medicine) catheter
The closest CC-CEDICT match for catheter is 导管 (dǎo guǎn), defined as: duct; pipe; conduit; (botany) vessel; (medicine) catheter.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “catheter”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 导管.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 领导 (領導) | lǐng dǎo | lead; leading |
| 导致 (導致) | dǎo zhì | to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about |
| 指导 (指導) | zhǐ dǎo | to guide; to direct; to instruct; coach; trainer |
| 领导人 (領導人) | lǐng dǎo rén | leader |
| 导演 (導演) | dǎo yǎn | to direct; director (film etc) |
| 报导 (報導) | bào dǎo | to report (in the media); (news) report |
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise; to manage |
| 尽管 (儘管) | jǐn guǎn | despite; although |
See also: Japanese symbol for “catheter”.
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.