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cháng
HSK 3.0 Level 5

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Definitions

  1. 1. intestines

Words Containing 肠

肝肠寸断
gān cháng cùn duàn

lit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom)

肠壁
cháng bì

wall of intestine

空肠
kōng cháng

jejunum (empty gut, middle segment of small intestine between duodenum 十二指腸|十二指肠[shí èr zhǐ cháng] and ileum 回腸|回肠[huí cháng])

鼠肚鸡肠
shǔ dù jī cháng

small-minded

急性肠炎
jí xìng cháng yán

acute enteritis

铁石心肠
tiě shí xīn cháng

to have a heart of stone

肠胃道
cháng wèi dào

digestive tract

肠支
cháng zhī

cecum

互诉衷肠
hù sù zhōng cháng

(idiom) to confide in each other

饥肠辘辘
jī cháng lù lù

stomach rumbling with hunger

灌肠
guàn chang

sausage with a starchy filling

小肚鸡肠
xiǎo dù jī cháng

lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom); narrow-minded

润肠
rùn cháng

to ease constipation (TCM)

灌肠
guàn cháng

enema

海肠子
hǎi cháng zi

(coll.) marine worm resembling intestines such as the spoon worm (echiuroid) or the peanut worm (Sipunculus nudus)

肠套叠
cháng tào dié

intussusception (medicine)

直肠直肚
zhí cháng zhí dù

frank and outspoken (idiom)

肠毒素
cháng dú sù

enterotoxins

热肠
rè cháng

warmhearted

结肠镜
jié cháng jìng

colonoscope

腓肠
féi cháng

calf (of the leg)

盲肠炎
máng cháng yán

appendicitis

羊肠小径
yáng cháng xiǎo jìng

winding road (twisting and turning like a sheep's intestine)

断肠
duàn cháng

heartbroken

肠道
cháng dào

intestines

倾吐衷肠
qīng tǔ zhōng cháng

to pour out (emotions)

羊肠小道
yáng cháng xiǎo dào

road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom); narrow and winding road

脑满肠肥
nǎo mǎn cháng féi

(idiom) overweight as a result of living a life of privilege

花花肠子
huā huā cháng zi

(slang) a cunning plot

小肠
xiǎo cháng

small intestine

肠胃
cháng wèi

stomach and intestine

肠胃炎
cháng wèi yán

gastroenteritis

回肠荡气
huí cháng dàng qì

soul-stirring (of drama, poem or artwork)

坏肠子
huài cháng zi

evil person

肠衣
cháng yī

sausage casing

眼穿肠断
yǎn chuān cháng duàn

waiting anxiously (idiom)

愁肠百结
chóu cháng bǎi jié

hundred knots of worry in one's intestines (idiom); weighed down with anxiety

牵肠挂肚
qiān cháng guà dù

deeply worried (idiom); to feel anxious

横结肠
héng jié cháng

transverse colon (anatomy)

肠粉
cháng fěn

rice noodle roll, a roll made from sheets of rice flour dough, steamed and stuffed with meat, vegetables etc

大肠
dà cháng

the large intestine

乙状结肠
yǐ zhuàng jié cháng

sigmoid colon (anatomy)

润肠通便
rùn cháng tōng biàn

to cure constipation with laxatives

腔肠动物
qiāng cháng dòng wù

Coelenterata (such as jellyfish)

肠易激综合征
cháng yì jī zōng hé zhēng

irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

肠子
cháng zi

intestines

搜肠刮肚
sōu cháng guā dù

to search one's guts and belly (idiom); to racks one's brains for a solution

火腿肠
huǒ tuǐ cháng

ham sausage

直肠子
zhí cháng zi

(coll.) forthright person

腊肠
là cháng

sausage

肥肠
féi cháng

pig-gut (large intestine used as foodstuff)

十二指肠
shí èr zhǐ cháng

duodenum

降结肠
jiàng jié cháng

descending colon (anatomy)

肠管
cháng guǎn

intestine

荡气回肠
dàng qì huí cháng

heart-rending (drama, music, poem etc)

牵心挂肠
qiān xīn guà cháng

to worry deeply about sth

结肠镜检查
jié cháng jìng jiǎn chá

colonoscopy

直肠
zhí cháng

rectum (anatomy)

盲肠
máng cháng

appendix (anatomy)

热心肠
rè xīn cháng

warmhearted; willing to help others

肠病毒
cháng bìng dú

enterovirus

葡萄球菌肠毒素
pú táo qiú jūn cháng dú sù

staphylococcal enterotoxin

肛门直肠
gāng mén zhí cháng

rectum (anatomy)

结肠
jié cháng

colon (large intestine)

红肠
hóng cháng

saveloy

肠蠕动
cháng rú dòng

peristalsis (wave movement of gut wall)

胃肠道
wèi cháng dào

gastrointestinal tract

烤胡椒香肠
kǎo hú jiāo xiāng cháng

roast pepper sausage

搜索枯肠
sōu suǒ kū cháng

to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)

心肠
xīn cháng

heart

肠镜
cháng jìng

colonoscope

肠炎
cháng yán

enteritis

腓肠肌
féi cháng jī

calf muscle

大肠杆菌
dà cháng gǎn jūn

Escherichia coli (E. coli)

柔肠寸断
róu cháng cùn duàn

lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short

肠仔
cháng zǐ

sausage

脱肠
tuō cháng

(rectal) hernia

直肠镜
zhí cháng jìng

proctoscope (medicine)

回肠
huí cháng

ileum (segment of small intestine between the jejunum 空腸|空肠[kōng cháng] and appendix 盲腸|盲肠[máng cháng])

愁肠
chóu cháng

anxiety

结肠炎
jié cháng yán

colitis (medicine)

升结肠
shēng jié cháng

ascending colon (anatomy)

香肠
xiāng cháng

sausage

血肠
xiě cháng

blood sausage