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Chinese symbol for “macrophage”

巨噬细胞
jù shì xì bāo
Traditional: 巨噬細胞
macrophage

The closest CC-CEDICT match for macrophage is 巨噬细胞 (jù shì xì bāo), defined as: macrophage.

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

巨 jù
large, huge, gigantic; chief
radical 48 ⼯ · 5 strokes
噬 shì
to bite, to gnaw; to snap at
radical 30 ⼝ · 16 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

Other Chinese words for “macrophage”

WordPinyinMeaning
大吞噬细胞 (大吞噬細胞)dà tūn shì xì bāomacrophage

Related words

Other words that share a character with 巨噬细胞.

WordPinyinMeaning
巨大jù dàhuge; immense; enormous; gigantic
巨人jù réngiant
巨额 (巨額)jù éa huge sum; an enormous amount (of money)
巨头 (巨頭)jù tóutycoon; magnate
巨型jù xínggiant; enormous
吞噬tūn shìto swallow; to engulf
噬菌体 (噬菌體)shì jūn tǐbacteriophage; phage
反噬fǎn shìto backfire on; to rebound on
详细 (詳細)xiáng xìdetailed; in detail
细胞 (細胞)xì bāocell (biology)

See also: Japanese symbol for “macrophage”.

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.