Chinese symbol for “alumnus”
校友
xiào yǒu
schoolmate; alumnus; alumna
The closest CC-CEDICT match for alumnus is 校友 (xiào yǒu), defined as: schoolmate; alumnus; alumna.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 校友.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 学校 (學校) | xué xiào | school; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 校长 (校長) | xiào zhǎng | (college, university) president; headmaster |
| 校园 (校園) | xiào yuán | campus |
| 高校 | gāo xiào | universities and colleges; abbr. for 高等學校|高等学校 |
| 院校 | yuàn xiào | college; academy |
| 校区 (校區) | xiào qū | campus |
| 朋友 | péng you | friend; 个 (gè),位 (wèi) |
| 网友 (網友) | wǎng yǒu | online friend; netizen; Internet user |
See also: Japanese symbol for “alumnus”.
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.