zhǒng

to swell

swelling; swollen

flesh (⺼) + sound zhǒng (中) = swollen body tissue

The flesh radical points to something happening in the body. 中 mainly provides the zhǒng sound and does not carry the swelling meaning.

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他的脚踝扭伤后了起来。

tā de jiǎohuái niǔshāng hòu zhǒng le qǐlái。

his ankle swelled up after he sprained it.

她哭了很久,眼睛都了。

tā kū le hěn jiǔ,yǎnjing dōu zhǒng le。

she cried for a long time and her eyes became swollen.

Words with 肿

霰粒肿

xiàn lì zhǒng

(medicine) chalazion

青肿

qīng zhǒng

bruise

麦粒肿

mài lì zhǒng

(medicine) stye; hordeolum

鼻青眼肿

bí qīng yǎn zhǒng

a black eye (idiom); serious injury to the face

鼻青脸肿

bí qīng liǎn zhǒng

a bloody nose and a swollen face

龈脓肿

yín nóng zhǒng

gumboil

光腚肿菊

guāng dìng zhǒng jú

(Internet slang) punning reference to 廣電總局|广电总局[Guang3 dian4 Zong3 ju2], the National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA)

囊肿

náng zhǒng

cyst (med.)

国际肿瘤研究机构

guó jì zhǒng liú yán jiū jī gòu

International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)

恶性肿瘤

è xìng zhǒng liú

malignant tumor

打肿脸充胖子

dǎ zhǒng liǎn chōng pàng zi

lit. to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities

摄护腺肿大

shè hù xiàn zhǒng dà

benign prostate hypertrophy

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