Chinese symbol for “counteract”
抵消
dǐ xiāo
to counteract; to cancel out; to offset
The closest CC-CEDICT match for counteract is 抵消 (dǐ xiāo), defined as: to counteract; to cancel out; to offset.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “counteract”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 抵消.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抵达 (抵達) | dǐ dá | to arrive; to reach (a destination) |
| 抵制 | dǐ zhì | to resist; to boycott |
| 抵抗 | dǐ kàng | to resist; resistance |
| 抵押 | dǐ yā | to provide (an asset) as security for a loan; to put up collateral |
| 抵御 (抵禦) | dǐ yù | to resist; to withstand |
| 抵触 (抵觸) | dǐ chù | to conflict; to contradict |
| 消息 | xiāo xi | (piece of) news; information; message |
| 取消 | qǔ xiāo | to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind |
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.