肿瘤 meaning in English

zhǒngliú

tumor

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 腫瘤23 strokes

Meaning of 肿瘤

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zhǒngliú
  1. tumor

肿瘤 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ有yǒu脑nǎo肿zhǒng瘤liú。
I have a brain tumor.
我wǒ得de了le胃wèi肿zhǒng瘤liú,必bì须xū动dòng手shǒu术shù切qiē除chú。
I got a stomach tumor and had to have it operated on.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

肿 zhǒng · to swell · 8 strokes

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瘤 liú · tumor · 15 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 肿瘤.

肿胀zhǒngzhàngswelling; oedema
脑瘤nǎoliúbrain tumor
肿块zhǒngkuàiswelling; growth
动脉瘤dòngmàiliúaneurysm
毒瘤dúliúmalignant tumor; (fig.) cancer; scourge

Questions about 肿瘤

What does 肿瘤 mean?

肿瘤 (zhǒngliú) means "tumor" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 肿瘤?

肿瘤 is made of 2 characters: 肿 (8 strokes), 瘤 (15 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

Is 肿瘤 an HSK word?

Yes. 肿瘤 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 肿瘤 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 肿瘤 is written 腫瘤.