Chinese symbol for “tumor”
肿瘤
zhǒng liú
Traditional: 腫瘤
tumor
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tumor is 肿瘤 (zhǒng liú), defined as: tumor.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tumor”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 肿瘤.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肿胀 (腫脹) | zhǒng zhàng | swelling; oedema |
| 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 |
| 毒瘤 | dú liú | malignant tumor; (fig.) cancer; scourge |
| 淋巴瘤 | lín bā liú | lymphoma |
| 肉瘤 | ròu liú | wart; sarcoma |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tumor”.
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.