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腺

xiàn

Character

What 腺 means

1. gland

Example sentences

• 我怕她可能得了腮腺炎。
  Wǒ pà tā kěnéng déle sāixiànyán.
  I'm afraid she may have the mumps.

Words starting with 腺

• 腺样xiàn yàngadenoid gland; pharyngeal tonsil
• 腺毛xiàn máo(botany) glandular hair
• 腺病xiàn bìngadenosis (glandular disease)
• 腺癌xiàn áiadenocarcinoma
• 腺体xiàn tǐgland
• 腺垂体xiàn chuí tǐpituitary gland
• 腺病毒xiàn bìng dúadenovirus
• 腺鼠疫xiàn shǔ yìbubonic plague
• 腺苷xiàn gānadenosine
• 腺嘌呤xiàn piào lìngadenine nucleotide (A, pairs with thymine T 胸腺嘧啶 in DNA and with uracil U 尿嘧啶 in RNA)
• 腺嘌呤核苷三磷酸xiàn piào lìng hé gān sān lín suānadenosine triphosphate (ATP)

Words containing 腺

• 前列腺炎qián liè xiàn yánprostatitis
• 乳腺rǔ xiànmammary gland
• 前列腺qián liè xiànprostate gland
• 乳腺癌rǔ xiàn áibreast cancer
• 性腺xìng xiàngonad; sex gland
• 毒腺dú xiànpoison gland
• 汗腺hàn xiànsweat gland
• 丝腺sī xiànsilk gland
• 胸腺xiōng xiànthymus
• 香腺xiāng xiànperfume gland; musk gland
• 乳腺炎rǔ xiàn yánmastitis
• 摄护腺shè hù xiàn(Taiwan) prostate gland
• 杜氏腺Dù shì xiànDufour gland (produces female sex hormone in bees)
• 松果腺sōng guǒ xiànpineal body
• 梅氏腺Méi shì xiànMehlis gland
• 消化腺xiāo huà xiàndigestive glands
• 淋巴腺lín bā xiànlymph node; lymph gland
• 生殖腺shēng zhí xiàngonad; reproductive gland
• 甲状腺jiǎ zhuàng xiàn(anatomy) thyroid gland
• 皮脂腺pí zhī xiànsebaceous glands
• 耳下腺ěr xià xiànsubauricular gland; parotid gland (salivary gland in the cheek)
• 舌下腺shé xià xiànsublingual gland; saliva gland under tongue
• 附属腺fù shǔ xiànsubordinate gland
• 前列腺素qián liè xiàn sùprostaglandin

Characters built on 月

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

• 脸liǎnface
• 肩jiānshoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
• 閒jiānvariant of 间
• 腱jiàntendon; sinew
• 腆tiǎnmake strong (as liquors); virtuous
• 腼miǎnused in 腼腆
• 胼piánused in 胼胝

Characters that look like 腺

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

• 貌mào(bound form) appearance; looks; outward form
• 赎shúto redeem; to ransom
• 腹fùabdomen; stomach; belly
• 酿niàngto ferment; to brew; to make honey (of bees)
• 猿yuánape
• 踉liángused in 跳踉

Sounds the same

Read xiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 现to appear; present; now
• 线thread; string; wire
• 羡to envy
• 限to limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit
• 献to offer; to present; to dedicate
• 县county; (Japan) prefecture
• 宪statute; constitution
• 陷pitfall; trap; to get stuck
• 馅filling; stuffing (for dumplings, pies etc)
• 见to appear; also written 现
• 霰graupel; snow pellet; soft hail
• 苋amaranth (genus Amaranthus); Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)…