Chinese symbol for “syphilis”
梅毒
méi dú
syphilis
The closest CC-CEDICT match for syphilis is 梅毒 (méi dú), defined as: syphilis.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “syphilis”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 梅毒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 梅花 | méi huā | plum blossom; clubs ♣ (a suit in card games) |
| 杨梅 (楊梅) | yáng méi | red bayberry (Myrica rubra), aka Chinese bayberry |
| 青梅竹马 (青梅竹馬) | qīng méi zhú mǎ | lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom); fig. innocent children's games |
| 梅子 | méi zi | plum |
| 梅花鹿 | méi huā lù | sika deer |
| 病毒 | bìng dú | virus |
| 毒品 | dú pǐn | drugs; narcotics |
| 有毒 | yǒu dú | poisonous |
See also: Japanese symbol for “syphilis”.
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.