Chinese symbol for “malaria”
疟疾
nüè jí
Traditional: 瘧疾
malaria
The closest CC-CEDICT match for malaria is 疟疾 (nüè jí), defined as: malaria.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “malaria”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疟 (瘧) | nüè | malaria |
| 冷热病 (冷熱病) | lěng rè bìng | malaria |
| 摆子 (擺子) | bǎi zi | malaria |
| 疟子 (瘧子) | yào zi | (coll.) malaria |
| 疟疾病 (瘧疾病) | nüè jí bìng | malaria |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 疟疾.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疟原虫 (瘧原蟲) | nüè yuán chóng | plasmodium (malaria parasite) |
| 疟蚊 (瘧蚊) | nüè wén | Anopheles (type of mosquito) |
| 痎疟 (痎瘧) | jiē nüè | (TCM) tertian malaria |
| 疟子 (瘧子) | yào zi | (coll.) malaria |
| 疟疾病 (瘧疾病) | nüè jí bìng | malaria |
| 疾病 | jí bìng | disease; sickness; ailment |
| 残疾 (殘疾) | cán jí | disabled; handicapped |
| 残疾人 (殘疾人) | cán jí rén | disabled person |
See also: Japanese symbol for “malaria”.
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.