Chinese symbol for “antibiotic”
抗生素
kàng shēng sù
antibiotic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for antibiotic is 抗生素 (kàng shēng sù), defined as: antibiotic.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “antibiotic”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 抗生素.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抗议 (抗議) | kàng yì | to protest; protest |
| 对抗 (對抗) | duì kàng | to withstand; to resist |
| 反抗 | fǎn kàng | to resist; to rebel |
| 抗日 | kàng Rì | to resist Japan (esp. during WW2); anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities) |
| 抗战 (抗戰) | kàng zhàn | war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945) |
| 抵抗 | dǐ kàng | to resist; resistance |
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live; life |
| 因素 | yīn sù | element; factor |
See also: Japanese symbol for “antibiotic”.
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.