肿 (zhǒng): to swell, swelling, swollen
肿 (zhǒng) is a Chinese character meaning “to swell.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺼ (semantic) and 中 (phonetic). It ranks #1775 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 肿 flesh. Its radical form 肉 (meat) appears in many related characters such as 肉 (ròu, meat), 能 (néng, can), 背 (bèi, the back of a body or object).
Definitions
- to swell
- swelling
- swollen
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肿瘤noun | zhǒng liú | tumor |
| 肿胀verb | zhǒng zhàng | swelling |
| 肿块noun | zhǒng kuài | swelling |
| 囊肿noun | náng zhǒng | cyst (med.) |
| 血肿noun | xuè zhǒng | hematoma |
| 肺水肿noun | fèi shuǐ zhǒng | pulmonary edema |
| 浮肿verb | fú zhǒng | (nonspecialist term for 水腫|水肿) to suffer from edema |
| 臃肿adjective | yōng zhǒng | obese |
| 水肿verb | shuǐ zhǒng | (medicine) to suffer from edema (dropsy) |
| 鼻青脸肿phrase | bí qīng liǎn zhǒng | a bloody nose and a swollen face |
| 肿大verb | zhǒng dà | swelling |
| 红肿verb | hóng zhǒng | inflamed |
| 恶性肿瘤noun | è xìng zhǒng liú | malignant tumor |
| 肿瘤科noun | zhǒng liú kē | oncology |
| 消肿verb | xiāo zhǒng | to reduce swelling |
肿 appears in 35 compound words: 23 as the first character, 57 as the last, and 20 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 肿 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
肿字由10笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
zhǒng zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "肿" consists of ten strokes and has a very ingenious structure.
...肢运动小腹变大需要担心吗?可能是暂时性水肿对吗
. . . zhī yùn dòng xiǎo fù biàn dà xū yāo dān xīn ma ? kě néng shì zàn shí xìng shuǐ zhǒng duì ma
...Should I be concerned if my lower abdomen gets bigger after exercising? It’s probably just temporary water retention, right?
医病之间/脚踝扭伤 物理治疗师:不肿不痛还不算痊愈
yī bìng zhī jiān jiǎo 踝 niǔ shāng wù lǐ zhì liáo shī : bù zhǒng bù tòng hái bù suàn 痊 yù
Between doctors and patients/ankle sprains Physiotherapist: No swelling or pain is not cured
免疫肿瘤学生物技术公司Salspera(TKV...
miǎn yì zhǒng liú xué shēng wù jì shù gōng sī S a l s p e r a ( T K V . . .
Immuno-oncology biotechnology company Salspera (TKV...
27岁男健身突胸痛肿胀 竟是罕见“胸大肌断裂”
2 7 suì nán jiàn shēn tū xiōng tòng zhǒng zhàng jìng shì hǎn jiàn xiōng dà jī duàn liè
The 27-year-old man's sudden chest pain and swelling during fitness is actually a rare "pectoralis major muscle rupture"
不会痛≠没事!医曝2残酷情况:肿瘤恐“大到顶腹膜”
bù huì tòng méi shì ! yī pù 2 cán kù qíng kuàng : zhǒng liú kǒng dà dào dǐng fù mó
It won't hurt≠ it's okay! Medical exposure 2 cruel situation: the tumor may be "as big as the parietal peritoneum"
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.
他被打得鼻青脸肿的。
Tā bèi dǎ de bíqīngliǎnzhǒng de.
He was beaten black and blue.
你的腮帮子肿了多久了？
Nǐ de sāibāngzi zhǒng le duōjiǔ le?
How long have your cheeks been swollen?
我头撞到了门，肿了一块。
Wǒ tóu zhuàngdào le mén, zhǒng le yī kuài.
I bumped my head against the door and got a lump.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the ⺼ (flesh) component
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