| 断层扫描 | duàn céng sǎo miáo | CT scan (computed tomography scan) | 
| 断 | duàn | to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly | 
| 断层 | duàn céng | fault (geology) (CL:道) / (fig.) gap; rupture (in the transmission of some skill) / (tomography) cross-sectional | 
| 层 | céng | to pile on top of one another / layer; stratum / floor (of a building); story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers | 
| 扫 | sǎo | to sweep (with a brush or broom) / to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of / to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan | 
| 扫 | sào | (bound form) a (large) broom | 
| 扫描 | sǎo miáo | to scan | 
| 描 | miáo | to depict / to trace (a drawing) / to copy / to touch up |