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瘤

liú

HSK 6 Character

What 瘤 means

1. tumor

Other readings

瘤 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• liúold variant of {瘤|liú}

Example sentences

• 我有脑瘤。
  Wǒ yǒu nǎoliú.
  I have a brain tumor.
• 我有脑肿瘤。
  I have a brain tumor.
• 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.

Words starting with 瘤

• 瘤子liú zitumor
• 瘤鸭liú yā(bird species of China) knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)

Words containing 瘤

• 肿瘤zhǒng liútumor
• 毒瘤dú liúmalignant tumor
• 根瘤gēn liú(botany) root nodule
• 节瘤jié liúknot (in wood)
• 肉瘤ròu liúwart; sarcoma; superfluous
• 脑瘤nǎo liúbrain tumor
• 血瘤xuè liúblood tumor; angioma (tumor consisting of a mass of blood vessels)
• 骨瘤gǔ liúosteoma (benign tumor composed of bone-like material)
• 黑瘤hēi liúmelanoma
• 乳头瘤rǔ tóu liúpapilloma
• 动脉瘤dòng mài liúaneurysm
• 恶性瘤è xìng liúmalignant tumor
• 根瘤菌gēn liú jūnrhizobia
• 淋巴瘤lín bā liúlymphoma
• 脑肿瘤nǎo zhǒng liúbrain tumor
• 肿瘤学zhǒng liú xuéoncology
• 肿瘤科zhǒng liú kēoncology
• 血管瘤xuè guǎn liúangioma (medicine)
• 间皮瘤jiān pí liúmesothelioma (medicine)
• 黑素瘤hēi sù liúmelanoma (type of skin cancer)
• 子宫肌瘤zǐ gōng jī liúfibroid tumor of the uterus; hysteromyoma
• 恶性肿瘤è xìng zhǒng liúmalignant tumor
• 根瘤菌属gēn liú jūn shǔgenus Rhizobium
• 良性肿瘤liáng xìng zhǒng liúbenign tumor

Characters built on 留

These share the phonetic component 留 (liú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 溜liūto slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate
• 榴liúpomegranate
• 馏liúto distill; to break a liquid substance up into components by boiling
• 遛liùto stroll; to walk (an animal)
• 骝liúbay horse with black mane
• 熘liūquick-fry; sim. to stir-frying, but with cornstarch added; also written 溜
• 镏liú(Taiwan; chemistry) lutetium

Characters that look like 瘤

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 瘸quélame
• 瘘lòufistula; ulceration
• 瘩daused in 疙瘩
• 麾huīsignal flag; to signal
• 瘢bānmark; scar on the skin
• 擞sǒuused in 抖擞

Sounds the same

Read liú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 留to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay
• 流to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
• 浏clear; deep (of water); swift
• 刘(classical) a type of battle-ax; to kill; to slaughter
• 榴pomegranate
• 遛used in 逗遛
• 琉precious stone
• 硫sulfur (chemistry)
• 馏to distill; to break a liquid substance up into components by boiling
• 骝bay horse with black mane
• 旒tassel
• 镏(Taiwan; chemistry) lutetium