Chinese symbol for “tb”
肺结核
fèi jié hé
Traditional: 肺結核
pulmonary tuberculosis; TB
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tb is 肺结核 (fèi jié hé), defined as: pulmonary tuberculosis; TB.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 肺结核.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肺炎 | fèi yán | pneumonia; inflammation of the lungs |
| 肺癌 | fèi ái | lung cancer |
| 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 |
| 结果 (結果) | jiē guǒ | to bear fruit |
| 结束 (結束) | jié shù | to end; to finish; to conclude |
| 结构 (結構) | jié gòu | structure; composition |
| 核心 | hé xīn | core; nucleus |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tb”.
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.