Chinese symbol for “microscope”
显微镜
xiǎn wēi jìng
Traditional: 顯微鏡
microscope; 台 (tái)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for microscope is 显微镜 (xiǎn wēi jìng), defined as: microscope; 台 (tái).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “microscope”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 显微镜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 显示 (顯示) | xiǎn shì | to show; to illustrate |
| 明显 (明顯) | míng xiǎn | clear; distinct |
| 显然 (顯然) | xiǎn rán | clearly; evidently; obviously |
| 显得 (顯得) | xiǎn de | to seem; to look |
| 显著 (顯著) | xiǎn zhù | outstanding; notable |
| 显现 (顯現) | xiǎn xiàn | appearance; to appear |
| 微博 | wēi bó | microblogging; microblog |
| 微笑 | wēi xiào | smile; 个 (gè),丝 (sī) |
| 镜头 (鏡頭) | jìng tóu | camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “microscope”.
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.