Chinese symbol for “physiotherapy”
理疗
lǐ liáo
Traditional: 理療
physiotherapy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for physiotherapy is 理疗 (lǐ liáo), defined as: physiotherapy.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “physiotherapy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 物理疗法 (物理療法) | wù lǐ liáo fǎ | physiotherapy; physical therapy |
| 物理治疗 (物理治療) | wù lǐ zhì liáo | physiotherapy; physical therapy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 理疗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise; to manage |
| 处理 (處理) | chǔ lǐ | to handle; to deal with; to punish |
| 理论 (理論) | lǐ lùn | theory; 个 (gè) |
| 理解 | lǐ jiě | to comprehend; to understand |
| 总理 (總理) | zǒng lǐ | premier; prime minister |
| 理由 | lǐ yóu | reason; grounds |
| 医疗 (醫療) | yī liáo | medical treatment |
| 治疗 (治療) | zhì liáo | to treat (an illness); medical treatment |
See also: Japanese symbol for “physiotherapy”.
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.