Chinese symbol for “insulin”
胰岛素
yí dǎo sù
Traditional: 胰島素
insulin
The closest CC-CEDICT match for insulin is 胰岛素 (yí dǎo sù), defined as: insulin.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 胰岛素.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胰腺 | yí xiàn | pancreas |
| 胰脏 (胰臟) | yí zàng | pancreas |
| 胰岛 (胰島) | yí dǎo | (anatomy) pancreatic islets; islets of Langerhans |
| 胰腺炎 | yí xiàn yán | pancreatitis |
| 胰液 | yí yè | pancreatic fluid |
| 岛屿 (島嶼) | dǎo yǔ | island |
| 半岛 (半島) | bàn dǎo | peninsula |
| 群岛 (群島) | qún dǎo | group of islands; archipelago |
| 因素 | yīn sù | element; factor |
See also: Japanese symbol for “insulin”.
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.