Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

swollen

Chinese: 肿胀。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “zhong” becomes a different word in each tone. 肿 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

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Common Words

  • 肿瘤zhǒng liútumor
  • 肿大zhǒng dàswelling; enlargement; hypertrophy
  • 肿么zhǒng meInternet slang for 怎么
  • 水肿shuǐ zhǒng(medicine) to suffer from edema (dropsy)
  • 消肿xiāo zhǒngto reduce swelling; detumescence; (fig.) to streamline (a bloated bureaucracy etc)

Example Sentence

他的脚被撞了一下,肿了起来。Tā de jiǎo bèi zhuàng le yí xià, zhǒng le qǐ lái.His foot got bumped and swelled up.

hedeofjiǎofootbèi(passive: by)zhuàngto knock againstle(completed action)一下yí xiàall at oncezhǒngto swellle(completed action)起来qǐ láito stand up