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Chinese symbol for “emphysema”

肺气肿
fèi qì zhǒng
Traditional: 肺氣腫
emphysema

The closest CC-CEDICT match for emphysema is 肺气肿 (fèi qì zhǒng), defined as: emphysema.

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Characters and stroke order

肺 fèi
lungs
radical 130 ⾁ · 8 strokes
气 qì
air, gas; steam, vapor; anger
radical 84 ⽓ · 4 strokes
肿 zhǒng
swelling; swollen; to swell
radical 130 ⾁ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 肺气肿.

WordPinyinMeaning
肺炎fèi yánpneumonia; inflammation of the lungs
肺癌fèi áilung cancer
肺结核 (肺結核)fèi jié hépulmonary tuberculosis; TB
心肺xīn fèithe heart and lungs; cardiopulmonary
肺病fèi bìnglung disease
撕心裂肺sī xīn liè fèiin unbearable anguish; agonizing
天气 (天氣)tiān qìweather
空气 (空氣)kōng qìair; atmosphere
肿瘤 (腫瘤)zhǒng liútumor

See also: Japanese symbol for “emphysema”.

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.