Chinese symbol for “vector”
病媒
bìng méi
(epidemiology) vector
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vector is 病媒 (bìng méi), defined as: (epidemiology) vector.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “vector”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 媒介 | méi jiè | intermediary; vehicle |
| 载体 (載體) | zài tǐ | carrier (chemistry); vector (epidemiology) |
| 矢量 | shǐ liàng | (math.) vector |
| 向量 | xiàng liàng | (math.) vector |
| 载具 (載具) | zài jù | conveyance (car, boat, aircraft etc); vehicle; (fig.) medium; platform; vector |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 病媒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 病毒 | bìng dú | virus |
| 疾病 | jí bìng | disease; sickness; ailment |
| 病人 | bìng rén | sick person; patient |
| 病例 | bìng lì | (medical) case; occurrence of illness |
| 生病 | shēng bìng | to fall ill |
| 艾滋病 | ài zī bìng | (loanword) AIDS |
| 媒体 (媒體) | méi tǐ | media, esp. news media |
| 传媒 (傳媒) | chuán méi | the media; mass media; (epidemiology) medium or route of transmission (of a disease) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vector”.
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.