Chinese word

癌

Pronunciation

Pinyinái

Meaning

  • nouncancer

Example

她被诊断出乳腺癌。tā bèi zhěn duàn chū rǔ xiàn ái

She was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Illustration for 癌 (cancer)

More examples

定期进行癌筛查可以及早发现病变。dìng qī jìn xíng ái shāi chá ké yǐ jí zǎo fā xiàn bìng biàn

Regular cancer screening can detect lesions early.

Core concept

A harmful cell growth that escapes local control, damages nearby structures, and can spread beyond its starting place.

Common phrases

  • 乳腺癌rǔ xiàn ái

    breast cancer

  • 癌筛查ái shāi chá

    cancer screening

  • 胃癌wèi ái

    stomach cancer

Similar words

癌症ái zhèng: The disease of having cancer in an organ or body tissue, considered as a whole.
肿瘤zhǒng liú: A broad term for a lump or mass growing in the body.
恶性肿瘤è xìng zhǒng liú: A malignant tumor with the ability to invade nearby tissue and spread elsewhere.
良性肿瘤liáng xìng zhǒng liú: A nonmalignant tumor that generally stays in its original place without spreading.

Definition in Chinese

由细胞异常增生形成的恶性肿瘤，能侵袭周围组织并发生转移，通常对健康有严重危害。yóu xì bāo yì cháng zēng shēng xíng chéng de è xìng zhǒng liú néng qīn xí zhōu wéi zǔ zhī bìng fā shēng zhuǎn yí tōng cháng duì jiàn kāng yǒu yán zhòng wēi hài

Word origin

癌 (ái, "cancer") combines 疒 (nè, "illness radical") with 嵒 (yán, "rocky mountain"), a sound-bearing component associated with a hard mass.

Usage tips

  • In health conversations, this word may appear inside a longer compound after a body-part name, so recognizing it helps parse unfamiliar medical vocabulary.

Opposites

  • 良性肿瘤liáng xìng zhǒng liúbenign tumornoun

Related words

  • 癌细胞ái xì bāocancer cellnoun
  • 癌基因ái jī yīnoncogenenoun

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