Chinese symbol for “mumps”
腮腺炎
sāi xiàn yán
mumps
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mumps is 腮腺炎 (sāi xiàn yán), defined as: mumps.
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
Other Chinese words for “mumps”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 痄 | zhà | mumps |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 腮腺炎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 腮红 (腮紅) | sāi hóng | rouge (cosmetics) |
| 腮腺 | sāi xiàn | parotid gland; saliva gland in cheek |
| 络腮胡子 (絡腮鬍子) | luò sāi hú zi | full beard |
| 腮帮子 (腮幫子) | sāi bāng zi | cheek |
| 抓耳挠腮 (抓耳撓腮) | zhuā ěr náo sāi | to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom) |
| 乳腺癌 | rǔ xiàn ái | breast cancer |
| 甲状腺 (甲狀腺) | jiǎ zhuàng xiàn | (anatomy) thyroid gland |
| 前列腺 | qián liè xiàn | prostate gland |
| 肺炎 | fèi yán | pneumonia; inflammation of the lungs |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mumps”.
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.
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