Chinese symbol for “sedative”
镇静药
zhèn jìng yào
Traditional: 鎮靜藥
sedative
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sedative is 镇静药 (zhèn jìng yào), defined as: sedative.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sedative”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 镇静药.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 城镇 (城鎮) | chéng zhèn | town; cities and towns |
| 镇压 (鎮壓) | zhèn yā | suppression; repression |
| 小镇 (小鎮) | xiǎo zhèn | small town; village |
| 乡镇 (鄉鎮) | xiāng zhèn | townships and towns (collective term for the two principal township-level administrative divisions); small towns (general sense) |
| 市镇 (市鎮) | shì zhèn | small town |
| 村镇 (村鎮) | cūn zhèn | hamlet (place) |
| 安静 (安靜) | ān jìng | quiet; peaceful |
| 冷静 (冷靜) | lěng jìng | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet |
| 药物 (藥物) | yào wù | medicaments; pharmaceuticals |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sedative”.
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.