Chinese symbol for “vitamin”
维生素
wéi shēng sù
Traditional: 維生素
vitamin
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vitamin is 维生素 (wéi shēng sù), defined as: vitamin.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “vitamin”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 维生素.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 维护 (維護) | wéi hù | to defend; to safeguard |
| 维持 (維持) | wéi chí | to keep; to maintain; to preserve |
| 思维 (思維) | sī wéi | (line of) thought; thinking |
| 维修 (維修) | wéi xiū | maintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain |
| 纤维 (纖維) | xiān wéi | fiber; 种 (zhǒng) |
| 维基 (維基) | wéi jī | wiki (Internet) |
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live; life |
| 因素 | yīn sù | element; factor |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vitamin”.
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.