腎上腺皮質

简 肾上腺皮质 · 繁 腎上腺皮質
Mandarin · pinyin shèn shàng xiàn pí zhì

Meanings

  1. adrenal cortex
Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

腎
Look up this written character
上
shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
腺
xiàn · gland
皮
pí · skin, hide, fur, feather; outer
質
Look up this written character
肾
shèn · kidneys; testes, gizzard
质
zhì · matter, material, substance
Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–4–4–2–4 · shen4 shang4 xian4 pi2 zhi4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

5character links
Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.
Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

san6 soeng6 sin3 pei4 zat1

Cantonese word readings for 腎上腺皮質. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

san6 soeng6 sin3 pei4 zat1

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

noun

  1. (anatomy) adrenal cortex

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack