Chinese symbol for “pneumonia”
肺炎
fèi yán
pneumonia; inflammation of the lungs
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pneumonia is 肺炎 (fèi yán), defined as: pneumonia; inflammation of the lungs.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 肺炎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肺癌 | fèi ái | lung cancer |
| 肺结核 (肺結核) | fèi jié hé | pulmonary tuberculosis; TB |
| 心肺 | xīn fèi | the heart and lungs; cardiopulmonary |
| 肺病 | fèi bìng | lung disease |
| 撕心裂肺 | sī xīn liè fèi | in unbearable anguish; agonizing |
| 炎热 (炎熱) | yán rè | blistering hot; sizzling hot (weather) |
| 肝炎 | gān yán | hepatitis |
| 发炎 (發炎) | fā yán | to become inflamed; inflammation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pneumonia”.
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.