Chinese symbol for “quinine”
奎宁
kuí níng
Traditional: 奎寧
quinine (loanword)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for quinine is 奎宁 (kuí níng), defined as: quinine (loanword).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “quinine”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 奎宁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奎宁水 (奎寧水) | kuí níng shuǐ | tonic water; quinine water |
| 宁愿 (寧願) | nìng yuàn | would rather ... (than ...) |
| 宁可 (寧可) | nìng kě | preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...) |
| 宁静 (寧靜) | níng jìng | tranquil; tranquility |
| 安宁 (安寧) | ān níng | peaceful; tranquil |
| 宁肯 (寧肯) | nìng kěn | would rather...; it would be better... |
| 丁宁 (丁寧) | dīng níng | variant of 叮咛 (dīng níng) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “quinine”.
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.