Chinese symbol for “antidepressant”
抗忧郁药
kàng yōu yù yào
Traditional: 抗憂鬱藥
antidepressant
The closest CC-CEDICT match for antidepressant is 抗忧郁药 (kàng yōu yù yào), defined as: antidepressant.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “antidepressant”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 抗忧郁药.
| 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 |
| 担忧 (擔憂) | dān yōu | to worry; to be concerned |
| 忧虑 (憂慮) | yōu lǜ | to worry; anxiety (about) |
| 忧郁 (憂鬱) | yōu yù | sullen; depressed; melancholy; dejected |
| 药物 (藥物) | yào wù | medicaments; pharmaceuticals |
See also: Japanese symbol for “antidepressant”.
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.