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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.

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

病 bìng
sickness, illness, disease
radical 104 ⽧ · 10 strokes
媒 méi
go-between, matchmaker; medium
radical 38 ⼥ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “vector”

WordPinyinMeaning
媒介méi jièintermediary; vehicle
载体 (載體)zài tǐcarrier (chemistry); vector (epidemiology)
矢量shǐ liàng(math.) vector
向量xiàng liàng(math.) vector
载具 (載具)zài jùconveyance (car, boat, aircraft etc); vehicle; (fig.) medium; platform; vector

Related words

Other words that share a character with 病媒.

WordPinyinMeaning
病毒bìng dúvirus
疾病jí bìngdisease; sickness; ailment
病人bìng rénsick person; patient
病例bìng lì(medical) case; occurrence of illness
生病shēng bìngto fall ill
艾滋病ài zī bìng(loanword) AIDS
媒体 (媒體)méi tǐmedia, esp. news media
传媒 (傳媒)chuán méithe 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.

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