Chinese symbol for “tapeworm”
绦虫
tāo chóng
Traditional: 絛蟲
tapeworm
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tapeworm is 绦虫 (tāo chóng), defined as: tapeworm.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tapeworm”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 绦虫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 有钩绦虫 (有鉤絛蟲) | yǒu gōu tāo chóng | tapeworm (Taenia solium) |
| 无钩绦虫 (無鉤絛蟲) | wú gōu tāo chóng | beef tapeworm |
| 绦子 (絛子) | tāo zi | silk ribbon or braid; lace or embroidery used for hemming |
| 绦带 (絛帶) | tāo dài | silk ribbon; silk braid |
| 绦纶 (絛綸) | dí lún | variant of 涤纶 (dí lún) |
| 昆虫 (昆蟲) | kūn chóng | insect; 只 (zhī),群 (qún),堆 (duī) |
| 杀虫剂 (殺蟲劑) | shā chóng jì | insecticide; pesticide |
| 寄生虫 (寄生蟲) | jì shēng chóng | parasite (biology); (fig.) freeloader |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tapeworm”.
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.