Chinese symbol for “postoperative”
术后
shù hòu
Traditional: 術後
postoperative; after surgery
The closest CC-CEDICT match for postoperative is 术后 (shù hòu), defined as: postoperative; after surgery.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 术后.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 技术 (技術) | jì shù | technology; technique; skill; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng),项 (xiàng) |
| 艺术 (藝術) | yì shù | art |
| 学术 (學術) | xué shù | learning; science |
| 手术 (手術) | shǒu shù | (surgical) operation; surgery |
| 艺术家 (藝術家) | yì shù jiā | artist; 个 (gè),位 (wèi),名 (míng) |
| 美术 (美術) | měi shù | art; fine arts |
| 最后 (最後) | zuì hòu | final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end |
| 之后 (之後) | zhī hòu | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then |
See also: Japanese symbol for “postoperative”.
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.