Chinese word dictionary

浮肿

fú zhǒng · (nonspecialist term for 水腫|水肿[shui3 zhong3]) to suffer from edema; swollen; bloated; puffy

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Word information

Simplified浮肿

Traditional浮腫

Pinyinfú zhǒng

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

浮fú

to drift, to float; mobile, temporary, unstable; reckless

肿zhǒng

swelling; swollen; to swell

How to learn 浮肿

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Words with the same characters

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浮fú

to float; superficial; floating; unstable; movable; provisional; temporary; transient; impetuous; hollow; inflated; to exceed; superfluous; excessive; surplus

肿zhǒng

to swell; swelling; swollen

浮动fúdòng

to drift about; to move unsteadily; (fig.) to fluctuate; to rise and fall; to be changeable; (economics) (of a currency or rate etc) to float

浮力fúlì

buoyancy

浮现fúxiàn

(of a thought or image) to come to mind; (of a smile etc) to appear (on sb's face); (of a problem etc) to emerge

浮躁fúzào

fickle and impatient; restless; giddy; scatterbrained