Chinese symbol for “hyperplasia”
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hyperplasia is 增生 (zēng shēng), defined as: (medicine) hyperplasia; a scholar studying for the Ming dynasty imperial examinations who did not make the quota for support in the form of a monthly allowance of rice that students who made the quota received (abbr. for 增广生员 (zēng guǎng shēng yuán)).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 增生.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 增加 | zēng jiā | to raise; to increase |
| 增长 (增長) | zēng zhǎng | to grow; to increase |
| 增强 (增強) | zēng qiáng | to increase; to strengthen |
| 新增 | xīn zēng | to add (sth new); newly added; additional |
| 增多 | zēng duō | to increase; to grow in number |
| 增设 (增設) | zēng shè | to add to existing facilities or services |
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live; life |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hyperplasia”.
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.