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Chinese symbol for “lymph”

淋巴
lín bā
(physiology) (loanword) lymph

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lymph is 淋巴 (lín bā), defined as: (physiology) (loanword) lymph.

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Characters and stroke order

淋 lín
to drench, to drip, to soak; perfectly
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes
巴 bā
to desire, to wish for
radical 49 ⼰ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “lymph”

WordPinyinMeaning
淋巴液lín bā yèlymph

Related words

Other words that share a character with 淋巴.

WordPinyinMeaning
冰淇淋bīng qí línice cream
淋浴lín yùto take a shower; shower
淋漓尽致 (淋漓盡致)lín lí jìn zhìlit. extreme saturation (idiom); fig. vividly and thoroughly
血淋淋xiě lín línbloody; blood-soaked; gory; grisly; cruel; brutal; harsh; grim; bitter
淋漓lín lídripping wet; pouring
巴士bā shìbus (loanword); motor coach
鸡巴 (雞巴)jī badick; penis (vulgar)
嘴巴zuǐ bamouth (张 (zhāng)); slap in the face

See also: Japanese symbol for “lymph”.

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.