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Chinese symbol for “indigestion”

消化不良
xiāo huà bù liáng
indigestion

The closest CC-CEDICT match for indigestion is 消化不良 (xiāo huà bù liáng), defined as: indigestion.

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

消 xiāo
news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes
不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
良 liáng
good, virtuous, respectable
radical 138 ⾉ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “indigestion”

WordPinyinMeaning
积 (積)jīto amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math.) product (the result of multiplication)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 消化不良.

WordPinyinMeaning
消息xiāo xi(piece of) news; information; message
取消qǔ xiāoto cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
消费 (消費)xiāo fèito consume (goods and services, resources etc)
消失xiāo shīto disappear; to fade away
消费者 (消費者)xiāo fèi zhěconsumer
消灭 (消滅)xiāo mièto put an end to; to annihilate
文化wén huàculture; civilization
变化 (變化)biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
不是bù shìno; is not
良好liáng hǎogood; favorable

See also: Japanese symbol for “indigestion”.

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.