Chinese symbol for “painkiller”
止痛药
zhǐ tòng yào
Traditional: 止痛藥
painkiller; analgesic; anodyne
The closest CC-CEDICT match for painkiller is 止痛药 (zhǐ tòng yào), defined as: painkiller; analgesic; anodyne.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “painkiller”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 镇痛剂 (鎮痛劑) | zhèn tòng jì | painkiller; analgesic |
| 止痛片 | zhǐ tòng piàn | painkiller |
| 止疼片 | zhǐ téng piān | painkiller; analgesic |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 止痛药.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 停止 | tíng zhǐ | to stop; to halt; to cease |
| 禁止 | jìn zhǐ | to prohibit; to forbid |
| 阻止 | zǔ zhǐ | to prevent; to block |
| 防止 | fáng zhǐ | to prevent; to guard against |
| 为止 (為止) | wéi zhǐ | until; (used in combination with words like 到 (dào) or 至 (zhì) in constructs of the form 到...為止|到...为止) |
| 终止 (終止) | zhōng zhǐ | to stop; to terminate |
| 痛苦 | tòng kǔ | pain; suffering |
| 疼痛 | téng tòng | pain; (of a body part) to be painful; to be sore; to hurt |
| 药物 (藥物) | yào wù | medicaments; pharmaceuticals |
See also: Japanese symbol for “painkiller”.
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