Chinese symbol for “tinnitus”
耳鸣
ěr míng
Traditional: 耳鳴
tinnitus
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tinnitus is 耳鸣 (ěr míng), defined as: tinnitus.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tinnitus”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 聎 | tiāo | tinnitus |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 耳鸣.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耳朵 | ěr duo | ear; 只 (zhī),个 (gè),对 (duì) |
| 耳机 (耳機) | ěr jī | headphones; earphones |
| 耳光 | ěr guāng | a slap on the face; 记 (jì) |
| 耳环 (耳環) | ěr huán | earring; 只 (zhī),对 (duì) |
| 木耳 | mù ěr | wood ear; jelly ear (edible fungus); measure word: 朵 (duǒ) |
| 耳目 | ěr mù | eyes and ears; sb's attention or notice |
| 共鸣 (共鳴) | gòng míng | (physics) to resonate; resonance; sympathetic response |
| 百家争鸣 (百家爭鳴) | bǎi jiā zhēng míng | a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tinnitus”.
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.