Chinese symbol for “altruism”
利他主义
lì tā zhǔ yì
Traditional: 利他主義
altruism
The closest CC-CEDICT match for altruism is 利他主义 (lì tā zhǔ yì), defined as: altruism.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “altruism”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忘我 | wàng wǒ | selflessness; altruism |
| 利他 | lì tā | to benefit others; altruism |
| 舍己为人 (捨己為人) | shě jǐ wèi rén | to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own interest for other people; altruism |
| 舍己 (捨己) | shě jǐ | selfless; self-sacrifice (to help others) |
| 舍己救人 (捨己救人) | shě jǐ jiù rén | to abandon self for others (idiom); to sacrifice oneself to help the people; altruism |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 利他主义.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 利用 | lì yòng | to exploit; to make use of |
| 权利 (權利) | quán lì | right (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth |
| 利益 | lì yì | benefit; (in sb's) interest |
| 胜利 (勝利) | shèng lì | victory; 个 (gè) |
| 福利 | fú lì | benefit (provided by an employer or organization); (social) welfare |
| 顺利 (順利) | shùn lì | smoothly; without a hitch |
| 他们 (他們) | tā men | they; them |
| 其他 | qí tā | other; (sth or sb) else |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 意义 (意義) | yì yì | sense; meaning |
See also: Japanese symbol for “altruism”.
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.