Chinese symbol for “intestines”
肠道
cháng dào
Traditional: 腸道
intestines; gut
The closest CC-CEDICT match for intestines is 肠道 (cháng dào), defined as: intestines; gut.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “intestines”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 肠道.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 香肠 (香腸) | xiāng cháng | sausage; measure word: 根 (gēn) |
| 肠胃 (腸胃) | cháng wèi | stomach and intestine; digestive system |
| 肠子 (腸子) | cháng zi | intestines |
| 大肠 (大腸) | dà cháng | the large intestine |
| 直肠 (直腸) | zhí cháng | rectum (anatomy) |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
| 难道 (難道) | nán dào | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? |
See also: Japanese symbol for “intestines”.
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.