Chinese word dictionary

头孢拉定

tóu bāo lā dìng · (pharm.) cefradine (aka cephradine)

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Word information

Simplified头孢拉定

Traditional頭孢拉定

Pinyintóu bāo lā dìng

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

头tóu

head; chief, boss; first, top

孢bāo

spore

拉lā

to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)

定dìng

to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure

How to learn 头孢拉定

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

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头tóu

head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock; CL:個|个[ge4]

决定juédìng

to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]; certainly

头发tóufa

hair (on the head)

一定yídìng

surely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must

点头diǎntóu

to nod

定dìng

to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely