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肠
腸
cháng
1. intestines
Very Common • Top 3%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

肠
cháng
intestines; emotions; sausage
HSK 5 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

回肠
huícháng
ileum (segment of small intestine between the jejunum [[空腸|空肠<kōngcháng>]] and appendix [[盲腸|盲肠<mángcháng>]])
大肠
dàcháng
the large intestine
小肠
xiǎocháng
small intestine
心肠
xīncháng
heart
愁肠
chóucháng
anxiety
断肠
duàncháng
heartbroken
润肠
rùncháng
to ease constipation (TCM)
灌肠
guàncháng
enema
灌肠
guànchang
sausage with a starchy filling
热肠
rècháng
warm hearted
盲肠
mángcháng
appendix (anatomy)
直肠
zhícháng
rectum (anatomy)
空肠
kōngcháng
jejunum (empty gut, middle segment of small intestine between duodenum [[十二指腸|十二指肠<shíèrzhǐcháng>]] and ileum [[回腸|回肠<huícháng>]])
红肠
hóngcháng
saveloy
结肠
jiécháng
colon (large intestine)
肥肠
féicháng
pig-gut (large intestine used as foodstuff)
脱肠
tuōcháng
(rectal) hernia
肠仔
chángzǐ
sausage
肠壁
chángbì
wall of intestine
肠子
chángzi
intestines

Alternate Entries

肠
cháng
old variant of [[腸|肠<cháng>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,920
Word Frequency Rank
2,528 of 84,292

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