Chinese symbol for “adopt”
采用
cǎi yòng
Traditional: 採用
to adopt; to employ; to use
The closest CC-CEDICT match for adopt is 采用 (cǎi yòng), defined as: to adopt; to employ; to use.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “adopt”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 领养 (領養) | lǐng yǎng | to adopt (a child, pet etc) |
| 通过 (通過) | tōng guò | to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) |
| 采行 (採行) | cǎi xíng | to adopt (a system, policy, strategy etc) |
| 过继 (過繼) | guò jì | to adopt; to give for adoption (usually to a childless relative) |
| 抱养 (抱養) | bào yǎng | to adopt (a child) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 采用.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 采取 (採取) | cǎi qǔ | to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take |
| 采访 (採訪) | cǎi fǎng | to interview; to gather news |
| 采购 (採購) | cǎi gòu | to procure (for an enterprise etc); to purchase |
| 开采 (開採) | kāi cǎi | to extract (ore or other resource from a mine); to exploit |
| 采集 (採集) | cǎi jí | to gather; to collect |
| 使用 | shǐ yòng | to use; to employ |
| 利用 | lì yòng | to exploit; to make use of |
| 用户 (用戶) | yòng hù | user; consumer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “adopt”.
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.