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Chinese symbol for “vaseline”

凡士林
fán shì lín
(loanword) vaseline

The closest CC-CEDICT match for vaseline is 凡士林 (fán shì lín), defined as: (loanword) vaseline.

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Characters and stroke order

凡 fán
any, every, all; common, ordinary
radical 16 ⼏ · 3 strokes
士 shì
scholar, gentleman; soldier
radical 33 ⼠ · 3 strokes
林 lín
forest, grove; surname
radical 75 ⽊ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “vaseline”

WordPinyinMeaning
矿脂 (礦脂)kuàng zhīvaseline; same as 凡士林

Related words

Other words that share a character with 凡士林.

WordPinyinMeaning
凡是fán shìeach and every; every; all; any
平凡píng fáncommonplace; ordinary
非凡fēi fánout of the ordinary; unusually (good, talented etc)
凡事fán shìeverything
凡人fán rénordinary person; mortal
不凡bù fánextraordinary; remarkable; exceptional
人士rén shìperson; figure
博士bó shìdoctor (as an academic degree); (old) person specialized in a skill or trade
森林sēn línforest; measure word: 片 (piàn)

See also: Japanese symbol for “vaseline”.

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.