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癌
ái
1. cancer
2. carcinoma
3. also pr. <yán>
Common • Top 7% ✏️ 17 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

癌
ái
cancer, carcinoma
HSK 6 17 丶

Compound Words (20)

乳癌
rǔái
breast cancer
壁癌
bìái
persistent mold on the wall
抗癌
kàngái
anti-cancer
癌症
áizhèng
cancer
HSK 6
癌变
áibiàn
to become cancerous
肝癌
gānái
liver cancer
肺癌
fèiái
lung cancer
胃癌
wèiái
stomach cancer
腺癌
xiànái
Adenocarcinoma
致癌
zhìái
carcinogenic
血癌
xuèái
leukemia
乳腺癌
rǔxiànái
breast cancer
淋巴癌
línbāái
lymphoma
癌细胞
áixìbāo
cancer cell
皮肤癌
pífūái
skin cancer
终期癌
zhōngqīái
terminal cancer
致癌物
zhìáiwù
carcinogen
食道癌
shídàoái
esophageal cancer
鼻咽癌
bíyānái
cancers of the nose and throat
子宫颈癌
zǐgōngjǐngái
cervical cancer

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,798
Word Frequency Rank
5,680 of 84,292

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