Chinese symbol for “ointment”
膏
gāo
ointment; paste; measure word: 帖 (tiě)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ointment is 膏 (gāo), defined as: ointment; paste; measure word: 帖 (tiě).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “ointment”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 药膏 (藥膏) | yào gāo | ointment |
| 软膏 (軟膏) | ruǎn gāo | ointment; paste |
| 油膏 | yóu gāo | semi-solid fat-based substance; (medicine) ointment |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 膏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牙膏 | yá gāo | toothpaste; measure word: 管 (guǎn) |
| 石膏 | shí gāo | gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O); plaster |
| 唇膏 | chún gāo | lip balm; lipstick |
| 药膏 (藥膏) | yào gāo | ointment |
| 软膏 (軟膏) | ruǎn gāo | ointment; paste |
| 病入膏肓 | bìng rù gāo huāng | lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom); fig. beyond cure; the situation is hopeless |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ointment”.
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.