Chinese symbol for “melatonin”
褪黑素
tuì hēi sù
(biochemistry) melatonin
The closest CC-CEDICT match for melatonin is 褪黑素 (tuì hēi sù), defined as: (biochemistry) melatonin.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “melatonin”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 松果体素 (松果體素) | sōng guǒ tǐ sù | (biochemistry) melatonin |
| 褪黑激素 | tuì hēi jī sù | (biochemistry) melatonin |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 褪黑素.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 褪色 | tuì sè | (of colors) to fade; also pr. [tui4shai3] |
| 褪去 | tuì qù | to take off (one's clothes); (fig.) to shed (one's former image etc) |
| 褪下 | tùn xià | to take off (trousers); to drop one's pants |
| 褪光 | tuì guāng | matte (of a color etc) |
| 褪套儿 (褪套兒) | tùn tào r | (coll.) to break loose; to shake off responsibility |
| 黑人 | hēi rén | black person; an illegal |
| 黑暗 | hēi àn | dark; darkly |
| 黑色 | hēi sè | black |
| 因素 | yīn sù | element; factor |
See also: Japanese symbol for “melatonin”.
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.