Chinese symbol for “hypertension”
高血压
gāo xuè yā
Traditional: 高血壓
high blood pressure; hypertension
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hypertension is 高血压 (gāo xuè yā), defined as: high blood pressure; hypertension.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hypertension”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 高血压.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最高 | zuì gāo | tallest; highest |
| 提高 | tí gāo | to raise; to increase |
| 高兴 (高興) | gāo xìng | happy; glad |
| 高级 (高級) | gāo jí | high level; high grade |
| 高度 | gāo dù | height; altitude |
| 高中 | gāo zhōng | senior high school (abbr. for 高级中学 (gāo jí zhōng xué)) |
| 血液 | xuè yè | blood; (fig.) lifeblood |
| 血腥 | xuè xīng | reeking of blood; bloody (events) |
| 压力 (壓力) | yā lì | pressure |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hypertension”.
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.