劑 (zai1 | ji4) : medication; dose; prepare (medicine)

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劑

zai1

ji4

[1] [n] medication; medicament; chemical agent
[2] [classifier] dose (of herbal medicine)
[3] [v] prepare; compound (medicine and drugs)

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Stroke count: 16

Level: 3

Radical: 刀 (#18)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

劑 / 剂

This word has been viewed 7027 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 21st Apr 2014 02:55

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藥劑 joek6 zai1 yao4 ji4 = medicinal preparation/drugs

一劑藥 jat1 zai1 joek6 = a dose of medication

染色劑 jim5 sik1 zai1 = stain

藥劑師 joek6 zai1 si1 yao4 zhi1 shi1 = pharmacist

蜀葵糖劑 suk6 kwai4 tong4 zai1 shu3 kui2 tang2 ji4 = marshmallow

調劑 tiu4 zai1 tiao2 ji4 = to make an adjustment

防潮劑 fong4 ciu4 zai1 = anti-blushing agent

溶劑 jung4 zai1 = solvent

衣物柔順劑 ji1 mat6 jau4 seon6 zai1 = fabric softener

黏合劑 nim4 hap6 zai1 = an adhesive; a binder
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Showing 1 example containing 劑

唔好買呢啲有防腐劑嘅食物！粵
Don't buy food with preservatives!
[Lit. Don't buy these have preservatives (of) food]

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Decimal representation of this word: 劑
Unicode code for this character: U+5291 (off-site link)

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