肠 (cháng): intestine
肠 (cháng) is a Chinese character meaning “intestine.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺼ (semantic) and 昜 (phonetic). It ranks #1898 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 肠 flesh. Its radical form 月 (moon) appears in many related characters such as 月 (yuè, moon, month), 有 (yǒu, to have), 朋 (péng, friend).
Definitions
- intestine
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 肠
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肠子 | cháng zi | intestines |
| 腊肠 | là cháng | sausage |
| 心肠 | xīn cháng | heart |
| 结肠 | jié cháng | colon (large intestine) |
| 灌肠 | guàn cháng | enema |
| 铁石心肠 | tiě shí xīn cháng | to have a heart of stone |
| 肠胃 | cháng wèi | stomach and intestine |
| 肠道 | cháng dào | intestines |
| 直肠 | zhí cháng | rectum (anatomy) |
| 大肠 | dà cháng | the large intestine |
| 小肠 | xiǎo cháng | small intestine |
| 饥肠辘辘 | jī cháng lù lù | (idiom) stomach rumbling with hunger |
| 热心肠 | rè xīn cháng | warmhearted |
| 盲肠 | máng cháng | appendix (anatomy) |
| 大肠杆菌 | dà cháng gǎn jūn | Escherichia coli (E. coli) |
肠 appears in 89 compound words: 20 as the first character, 45 as the last, and 35 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 肠 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (20)
hundred knots of worry in one's intestines (idiom); weighed down with anxiety
soul-stirring (of drama, poem or artwork); heart-rending; deeply moving
hundred knots of worry in one's intestines (idiom); weighed down with anxiety
Showing 12 of 20 idioms containing 肠.
Example Sentences
肠胃不好的人应该少吃辛辣食物，多吃清淡的。
Chángwèi bù hǎo de rén yīnggāi shǎo chī làwèi shíwù, duō chī qīngdàn de.
People with poor digestion should eat less spicy food and more bland food.
...节大餐后流行“轻断食”?中医提醒:极端清肠恐耗气血伤脾胃
. . . jié dà cān hòu liú háng qīng duàn shí ? zhōng yī tí xǐng : jí duān qīng cháng kǒng hào qì xiě shāng pí wèi
... Popular "light fasting" after the holiday meal? Traditional Chinese medicine reminds: Extreme bowel cleansing may consume qi and blood and damage the spleen and stomach
她腹部胀气 原来横结肠有鞭虫
tā fù bù zhàng qì yuán lái héng jié cháng yǒu biān chóng
She had bloating in her abdomen and it turned out that there were whipworms in her transverse colon
“瑜珈裤时代”爆红—全网疯玩“热狗肠包X” 珍珠虾滑杨枝甘露乜都塞
瑜 珈 kù shí dài bào hóng — quán wǎng fēng wán rè gǒu cháng bāo X zhēn zhū xiā huá yáng zhī gān lù 乜 dōu sāi
"Yoga Pants Era" became popular - the whole network is crazy to play "hot dog sausage bun X" pearl shrimp slippery poplar branch nectar is stuffed with everything
...大变化自测健康 这2种颜色恐患胰脏癌/大肠癌 伴随3情况须求医
. . . dà biàn huà zì cè jiàn kāng zhè 2 zhǒng yán sè kǒng huàn 胰 zāng ái dà cháng ái bàn suí 3 qíng kuàng xū qiú yī
... Big changes in self-test health These 2 colors may cause pancreatic cancer/colorectal cancer with 3 conditions must seek medical attention
盘核桃、叠衣服、穿烤肠,银河通用春晚机器人是怎么“..
pán hé táo dié yī fú chuān kǎo cháng , yín hé tōng yòng chūn wǎn jī qì rén shì zěn má . .
Cracking walnuts, folding clothes, threading sausages—how does the Galaxy Universal Spring Festival Gala robot do it?
谁能融化你的铁石心肠？
Shéi néng rónghuà nǐ de tiěshíxīncháng?
Who could melt that stone heart of yours?
你见过灌肠的做法吗？
Nǐ jiànguo guàncháng de zuòfǎ ma?
Have you ever seen sausage being made?
你要培根还是要香肠?
Nǐ yào péigēn háishi yào xiāngcháng?
Would you like bacon or sausage?
我不懂为何义式辣肠披萨如此受欢迎。
Wǒ bù dǒng wèihé Yìshì là cháng pīsà rúcǐ shòu huānyíng.
I don't understand why pepperoni pizza is so popular.
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