Chinese symbol for “galvanized”
镀锌
dù xīn
Traditional: 鍍鋅
galvanized; zinc-coated
The closest CC-CEDICT match for galvanized is 镀锌 (dù xīn), defined as: galvanized; zinc-coated.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 镀锌.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 镀金 (鍍金) | dù jīn | to gold-plate; to gild; (fig.) to make sth quite ordinary seem special |
| 电镀 (電鍍) | diàn dù | to electroplate |
| 镀层 (鍍層) | dù céng | the coating of sth that has been chrome-plated or copper-plated etc |
| 镀银 (鍍銀) | dù yín | silver-plated |
| 镀上 (鍍上) | dù shàng | to plate (with gold, silver etc) |
| 氧化锌 (氧化鋅) | yǎng huà xīn | zinc oxide |
| 氯化锌 (氯化鋅) | lǜ huà xīn | zinc chloride |
See also: Japanese symbol for “galvanized”.
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.