添加剂 tiānjiājì additive
additive; food additive
How to remember 添加剂: 添 to add + 加 to add + 剂 dose = additive.
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How it is used
- Means an additive, especially a food additive - 食品添加剂 (shípǐn tiānjiājì) food additives.
- Common in health/nutrition talk, often with wary connotations - 不含添加剂 (no additives).
- Formed from 添加 (to add) + 剂 (agent/dose), the standard suffix for chemical agents.