Chinese symbol for “germs”
病菌
bìng jūn
harmful bacteria; pathogenic bacteria; germs
The closest CC-CEDICT match for germs is 病菌 (bìng jūn), defined as: harmful bacteria; pathogenic bacteria; germs.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 病菌.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 病毒 | bìng dú | virus |
| 疾病 | jí bìng | disease; sickness; ailment |
| 病人 | bìng rén | sick person; patient |
| 病例 | bìng lì | (medical) case; occurrence of illness |
| 生病 | shēng bìng | to fall ill |
| 艾滋病 | ài zī bìng | (loanword) AIDS |
| 细菌 (細菌) | xì jūn | bacterium; germ |
| 杆菌 (桿菌) | gǎn jūn | bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “germs”.
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.