Chinese symbol for “laxative”
泻药
xiè yào
Traditional: 瀉藥
laxative
The closest CC-CEDICT match for laxative is 泻药 (xiè yào), defined as: laxative.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “laxative”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 泻剂 (瀉劑) | xiè jì | laxative |
| 通便剂 (通便劑) | tōng biàn jì | (pharmacology) a laxative |
| 泻 (瀉) | xiè | to flow out swiftly; to flood |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 泻药.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 腹泻 (腹瀉) | fù xiè | diarrhea; to have the runs |
| 倾泻 (傾瀉) | qīng xiè | to pour down in torrents |
| 上吐下泻 (上吐下瀉) | shàng tù xià xiè | to vomit and have diarrhea |
| 泽泻 (澤瀉) | zé xiè | common water plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica); water plantain rhizome (used in TCM) |
| 流泻 (流瀉) | liú xiè | to flow; to flood |
| 药物 (藥物) | yào wù | medicaments; pharmaceuticals |
| 药品 (藥品) | yào pǐn | medicaments; medicine |
| 医药 (醫藥) | yī yào | medical care and medicines; medicine (drug) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “laxative”.
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.