瘤 (liú): tumor
瘤 (liú) is a Chinese character meaning “tumor.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 疒 (semantic) and 留 (phonetic). It ranks #2098 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 瘤 sickness. Its radical form 疒 (illness) appears in many related characters such as 医 (yī, medicine), 病 (bìng, illness), 疼 (téng, ache).
Definitions
- tumor
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肿瘤 | zhǒng liú | tumor |
| 动脉瘤 | dòng mài liú | aneurysm |
| 脑瘤 | nǎo liú | brain tumor |
| 毒瘤 | dú liú | malignant tumor |
| 恶性肿瘤 | è xìng zhǒng liú | malignant tumor |
| 瘤子 | liú zi | tumor |
| 肿瘤科 | zhǒng liú kē | oncology |
| 肉瘤 | ròu liú | wart |
| 骨瘤 | gǔ liú | osteoma (benign tumor composed of bone-like material) |
| 良性肿瘤 | liáng xìng zhǒng liú | benign tumor |
| 国际肿瘤研究机构 | guó jì zhǒng liú yán jiū jī gòu | International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) |
| 间皮瘤 | jiān pí liú | mesothelioma (medicine) |
| 恶性瘤 | è xìng liú | malignant tumor |
| 血管瘤 | xuè guǎn liú | angioma (medicine) |
| 多发性骨髓瘤 | duō fā xìng gǔ suǐ liú | (medicine) multiple myeloma |
瘤 appears in 33 compound words: 6 as the first character, 76 as the last, and 18 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 瘤 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
瘤字在日常生活中使用频率较低。
liú zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ jiào dī .
The character "tumor" is not commonly used in everyday life.
子宫腺肌症合并腺肌瘤怎么治疗好?病灶复杂时需多学科会诊吗
zǐ gōng xiàn jī zhèng gě bìng xiàn jī liú zěn má zhì liáo hǎo ? bìng zào fù zá shí xū duō xué kē huì zhěn ma
How to treat adenomyosis with adenomyosis? Is multidisciplinary consultation necessary when the lesion is complex?
子宫腺肌瘤怎么治才能缩小病灶?高强度聚焦超声(HI...
zǐ gōng xiàn jī liú zěn má zhì cái néng suō xiǎo bìng zào ? gāo qiáng dù jù jiāo chāo shēng ( H I . . .
How to treat adenofibroids to shrink the lesion? High-intensity focused ultrasound (HI...
子宫腺肌瘤怎么治最好?局限型比弥漫型更适合手术剔除...
zǐ gōng xiàn jī liú zěn má zhì zuì hǎo ? jú xiàn xíng bǐ mí màn xíng gēng shì gě shǒu shù tī chú . . .
How is adenofibroids best treated? The localized type is more suitable for surgical removal than the diffuse type...
子宫腺肌瘤目前最好的治疗方法是什么?腹腔镜剔除术后...
zǐ gōng xiàn jī liú mù qián zuì hǎo de zhì liáo fāng fǎ shì shén má ? fù qiāng jìng tī chú shù hòu . . .
What is the best treatment for adenofibroids right now? After laparoscopic resection...
...低回声有几种可能?包括妊娠囊、血块或小肌瘤吗
. . . dī huí shēng yǒu jī zhǒng kě néng ? bāo kuò 妊 娠 náng , xiě kuài huò xiǎo jī liú ma
... How many possibilities are hypoechoic? Including gestational sacs, blood clots, or small fibroids
我得了胃肿瘤，必须动手术切除。
Wǒ déle wèi zhǒngliú, bìxū dòngshǒu shù qiēchú.
I got a stomach tumor and had to have it operated on.
Character Family
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