Chinese symbol for “swelling”
肿胀
zhǒng zhàng
Traditional: 腫脹
swelling; oedema; internal bruising
The closest CC-CEDICT match for swelling is 肿胀 (zhǒng zhàng), defined as: swelling; oedema; internal bruising.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “swelling”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肿块 (腫塊) | zhǒng kuài | swelling; growth |
| 肿大 (腫大) | zhǒng dà | swelling; enlargement |
| 肿 (腫) | zhǒng | to swell; swelling |
| 发胀 (發脹) | fā zhàng | to swell up; swelling |
| 鼓包 | gǔ bāo | to bulge; to swell; a bulge; a swelling |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 肿胀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肿瘤 (腫瘤) | zhǒng liú | tumor |
| 臃肿 (臃腫) | yōng zhǒng | obese; bloated |
| 水肿 (水腫) | shuǐ zhǒng | (medicine) to suffer from edema (dropsy) |
| 囊肿 (囊腫) | náng zhǒng | cyst (med.) |
| 恶性肿瘤 (惡性腫瘤) | è xìng zhǒng liú | malignant tumor |
| 膨胀 (膨脹) | péng zhàng | to expand; to inflate |
| 通货膨胀 (通貨膨脹) | tōng huò péng zhàng | inflation |
| 通胀 (通脹) | tōng zhàng | inflation (abbr. for 通货膨胀 (tōng huò péng zhàng)) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “swelling”.
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.