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Chinese symbol for “epidemiology”

流行病学
liú xíng bìng xué
Traditional: 流行病學
epidemiology

The closest CC-CEDICT match for epidemiology is 流行病学 (liú xíng bìng xué), defined as: epidemiology.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

流 liú
to flow, to drift, to circulate; class
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
行 xíng
to go, to walk, to move; professional
radical 144 ⾏ · 6 strokes
病 bìng
sickness, illness, disease
radical 104 ⽧ · 10 strokes
学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “epidemiology”

WordPinyinMeaning
传染病学 (傳染病學)chuán rǎn bìng xuéepidemiology

Related words

Other words that share a character with 流行病学.

WordPinyinMeaning
交流jiāo liúto exchange; exchange
流行liú xíng(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable
主流zhǔ liúmain stream (of a river); fig. the essential point
流动 (流動)liú dòngto flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid
流量liú liàngflow rate; throughput of passengers; volume of traffic; (hydrology) discharge
流通liú tōngto circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution
进行 (進行)jìn xíng(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc)
举行 (舉行)jǔ xíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
病毒bìng dúvirus
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild

See also: Japanese symbol for “epidemiology”.

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.

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