# 肿瘤 (zhǒngliú)

In Mandarin Chinese, 肿瘤 (zhǒngliú) means “tumor”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: tumor
- Pinyin: zhǒngliú (zhong3 liu2)
- Traditional: 腫瘤
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 医生通过手术切除了那个肿瘤。
  Yīshēng tōngguò shǒushù qiēchúle nàge zhǒngliú.
  The doctor removed that tumor through surgery.

## Characters

- [肿](https://hanziro.com/word/zhong-swell/) (zhǒng): to swell; swollen
- 瘤 (liú): tumor

https://hanziro.com/word/zhong-liu-tumor/

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