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Chinese symbol for “diphtheria”

白喉
bái hóu
diphtheria

The closest CC-CEDICT match for diphtheria is 白喉 (bái hóu), defined as: diphtheria.

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Characters and stroke order

白 bái
white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
radical 106 ⽩ · 5 strokes
喉 hóu
throat, larynx, gullet; guttural
radical 30 ⼝ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 白喉.

WordPinyinMeaning
明白míng baiclear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable
白色bái sèwhite; fig. reactionary
白人bái rénwhite man or woman; Caucasian
白天bái tiāndaytime; during the day
白痴bái chīidiocy; idiot
空白kòng báiblank space
喉咙 (喉嚨)hóu lóngthe throat
喉舌hóu shémouthpiece; spokesperson

See also: Japanese symbol for “diphtheria”.

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.