Chinese symbol for “lactose”
乳糖
rǔ táng
lactose
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lactose is 乳糖 (rǔ táng), defined as: lactose.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 乳糖.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乳房 | rǔ fáng | breast; udder |
| 乳头 (乳頭) | rǔ tóu | nipple |
| 母乳 | mǔ rǔ | breast milk |
| 巨乳 | jù rǔ | large breasts; busty |
| 哺乳 | bǔ rǔ | breastfeeding; to suckle |
| 乳腺癌 | rǔ xiàn ái | breast cancer |
| 糖果 | táng guǒ | candy; measure word: 粒 (lì) |
| 糖尿病 | táng niào bìng | diabetes; diabetes mellitus |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lactose”.
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.