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Chinese symbol for “surfactant”

表面活化剂
biǎo miàn huó huà jì
Traditional: 表面活化劑
surfactant

The closest CC-CEDICT match for surfactant is 表面活化剂 (biǎo miàn huó huà jì), defined as: surfactant.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

表 biǎo
to show, to express, to display; outside, appearance; a watch
radical 145 ⾐ · 8 strokes
面 miàn
face; surface, side; plane, dimension
radical 176 ⾯ · 9 strokes
活 huó
to exist, to live, to survive; living, working
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes
剂 jì
dose; medicine; measure word for medicines
radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “surfactant”

WordPinyinMeaning
表面活性剂 (表面活性劑)biǎo miàn huó xìng jìsurfactant

Related words

Other words that share a character with 表面活化剂.

WordPinyinMeaning
代表dài biǎorepresentative; delegate
表示biǎo shì(of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show
表现 (表現)biǎo xiànto show; to show off
发表 (發表)fā biǎoto issue; to publish
表演biǎo yǎnplay; show
表达 (表達)biǎo dáto express; to convey
方面fāng miànrespect; aspect
里面 (裏面)lǐ miànvariant of 里面 (lǐ miàn)
活动 (活動)huó dòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
文化wén huàculture; civilization
剂量 (劑量)jì liàngdosage; prescribed dose of medicine

See also: Japanese symbol for “surfactant”.

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.