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Chinese symbol for “thalidomide”

沙利度胺
shā lì dù àn
thalidomide

The closest CC-CEDICT match for thalidomide is 沙利度胺 (shā lì dù àn), defined as: thalidomide.

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Characters and stroke order

沙 shā
sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
radical 85 ⽔ · 7 strokes
利 lì
gains, advantage, profit, merit
radical 18 ⼑ · 7 strokes
度 dù
degree, system; manner; to consider
radical 53 ⼴ · 9 strokes
胺 àn
amine
radical 130 ⾁ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 沙利度胺.

WordPinyinMeaning
沙漠shā mòdesert; 个 (gè)
金沙jīn shāgold dust; salted egg yolk sauce
沙发 (沙發)shā fā(loanword) sofa (条 (tiáo),张 (zhāng)); (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post
沙滩 (沙灘)shā tānbeach; sandy shore
沙龙 (沙龍)shā lóngsalon (loanword)
沙皇shā huángczar (loanword)
利用lì yòngto exploit; to make use of
权利 (權利)quán lìright (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth
制度zhì dùsystem (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution
三聚氰胺sān jù qíng ànmelamine C3H6N6

See also: Japanese symbol for “thalidomide”.

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.