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Chinese symbol for “carbohydrate”

碳水化合物
tàn shuǐ huà hé wù
carbohydrate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for carbohydrate is 碳水化合物 (tàn shuǐ huà hé wù), defined as: carbohydrate.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

碳 tàn
carbon
radical 112 ⽯ · 14 strokes
水 shuǐ
water, liquid, lotion, juice
radical 85 ⽔ · 4 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes
合 hé
to combine, to join, to unite; to gather
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes
物 wù
thing, substance, matter; creature
radical 93 ⽜ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “carbohydrate”

WordPinyinMeaning
碳水tàn shuǐ(coll.) carbohydrate; carbs (abbr. for 碳水化合物 (tàn shuǐ huà hé wù))
醣tángcarbohydrate; old variant of 糖 (táng)
醣类 (醣類)táng lèicarbohydrate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 碳水化合物.

WordPinyinMeaning
二氧化碳èr yǎng huà tàncarbon dioxide CO2
一氧化碳yī yǎng huà tàncarbon monoxide CO
碳酸tàn suāncarbonic acid
碳化tàn huàto carbonize; dry distillation
碳酸钙 (碳酸鈣)tàn suān gàicalcium carbonate
低碳dī tàn(attributive) low-carbon; low-carb (diet)
水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
水果shuǐ guǒfruit
文化wén huàculture; civilization
合作hé zuòto cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
人物rén wùperson; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “carbohydrate”.

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.

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