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Chinese symbol for “lime”

莱姆
lái mǔ
Traditional: 萊姆
(loanword) lime

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lime is 莱姆 (lái mǔ), defined as: (loanword) lime.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

莱 lái
weed, goosefoot; fallow field; used in transliterations
radical 140 ⾋ · 10 strokes
姆 mǔ
governess, matron, nanny
radical 38 ⼥ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “lime”

WordPinyinMeaning
石灰shí huīlime (calcium oxide)
青柠 (青檸)qīng nínglime (fruit)
灰huīash; dust
酸橙suān chénglime (fruit)
青柠檬 (青檸檬)qīng níng ménglime (fruit)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 莱姆.

WordPinyinMeaning
莱芜 (萊蕪)lái wúfield with dense growth of wild weeds
史莱姆 (史萊姆)shǐ lái mǔslime (loanword)
莱姆病 (萊姆病)lái mǔ bìngLyme disease
蓬莱仙境 (蓬萊仙境)péng lái xiān jìngPenglai, island of immortals; fairyland
波莱罗 (波萊羅)bō lái luóbolero (dance) (loanword)
保姆bǎo mǔnanny; babysitter; housekeeper
兰姆 (蘭姆)lán mǔrum (beverage) (loanword)
欧姆 (歐姆)ōu mǔ(loanword) ohm

See also: Japanese symbol for “lime”.

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.

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