Chinese symbol for “additive”
添加剂
tiān jiā jì
Traditional: 添加劑
additive; food additive
The closest CC-CEDICT match for additive is 添加剂 (tiān jiā jì), defined as: additive; food additive.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “additive”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 添加剂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 添加 | tiān jiā | to add; to increase |
| 增添 | zēng tiān | to add; to increase |
| 锦上添花 (錦上添花) | jǐn shàng tiān huā | (lit.) to add flowers to brocade (idiom); (fig.) to make sth good even better; to add an extra (often nonessential) benefit or embellishment |
| 添麻烦 (添麻煩) | tiān má fan | to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience |
| 添乱 (添亂) | tiān luàn | (coll.) to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience |
| 参加 (參加) | cān jiā | to participate; to take part; to join |
| 增加 | zēng jiā | to raise; to increase |
| 加入 | jiā rù | to become a member; to join |
| 剂量 (劑量) | jì liàng | dosage; prescribed dose of medicine |
See also: Japanese symbol for “additive”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.