Chinese symbol for “esophagus”
食道
shí dào
esophagus; gullet; (old) the proper way to eat; (old) food transportation route
The closest CC-CEDICT match for esophagus is 食道 (shí dào), defined as: esophagus; gullet; (old) the proper way to eat; (old) food transportation route.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “esophagus”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 食管 | shí guǎn | esophagus; gullet; (Tw) regulation of food safety and sanitation (abbr. for 食品卫生管理 (shí pǐn wèi shēng guǎn lǐ)) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 食道.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 食品 | shí pǐn | foodstuff; food; provisions |
| 食物 | shí wù | food |
| 粮食 (糧食) | liáng shi | foodstuff; cereals |
| 美食 | měi shí | culinary delicacy; fine food |
| 饮食 (飲食) | yǐn shí | eating and drinking; food and drink; diet |
| 食用 | shí yòng | to eat; to consume; edible |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
See also: Japanese symbol for “esophagus”.
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.