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Chinese symbol for “lymphocyte”

淋巴细胞
lín bā xì bāo
Traditional: 淋巴細胞
lymphocyte

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lymphocyte is 淋巴细胞 (lín bā xì bāo), defined as: lymphocyte.

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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
细 xì
fine, detailed; slender, thin
radical 120 ⽷ · 8 strokes
胞 bāo
womb, placenta, fetal membrane
radical 130 ⾁ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 淋巴细胞.

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
淋巴lín bā(physiology) (loanword) lymph
淋漓lín lídripping wet; pouring
巴士bā shìbus (loanword); motor coach
鸡巴 (雞巴)jī badick; penis (vulgar)
详细 (詳細)xiáng xìdetailed; in detail
细胞 (細胞)xì bāocell (biology)

See also: Japanese symbol for “lymphocyte”.

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.