Chinese symbol for “quarantine”
检疫
jiǎn yì
Traditional: 檢疫
quarantine
The closest CC-CEDICT match for quarantine is 检疫 (jiǎn yì), defined as: quarantine.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “quarantine”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 检疫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 检查 (檢查) | jiǎn chá | inspection; to examine |
| 检测 (檢測) | jiǎn cè | to test; to detect |
| 检验 (檢驗) | jiǎn yàn | to inspect; to examine |
| 检察院 (檢察院) | jiǎn chá yuàn | prosecutor's office; procuratorate |
| 检察 (檢察) | jiǎn chá | to inspect; (law) to prosecute |
| 检察官 (檢察官) | jiǎn chá guān | public prosecutor; public procurator (judicial officer whose job may involve both criminal investigation and public prosecution) |
| 疫情 | yì qíng | epidemic; outbreak |
| 疫苗 | yì miáo | vaccine |
See also: Japanese symbol for “quarantine”.
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.