Chinese symbol for “heartburn”
胃灼热
wèi zhuó rè
Traditional: 胃灼熱
heartburn; pyrosis
The closest CC-CEDICT match for heartburn is 胃灼热 (wèi zhuó rè), defined as: heartburn; pyrosis.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 胃灼热.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胃口 | wèi kǒu | appetite; liking |
| 肠胃 (腸胃) | cháng wèi | stomach and intestine; digestive system |
| 胃癌 | wèi ái | stomach cancer |
| 反胃 | fǎn wèi | retching; vomiting |
| 开胃 (開胃) | kāi wèi | to whet the appetite; appetizing |
| 胃酸 | wèi suān | gastric acid |
| 灼伤 (灼傷) | zhuó shāng | a burn (tissue damage from heat, chemicals etc); to burn (the skin etc) |
| 灼热 (灼熱) | zhuó rè | burning hot; scorching |
| 热情 (熱情) | rè qíng | cordial; enthusiastic |
See also: Japanese symbol for “heartburn”.
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.