Chinese symbol for “armed”
持械
chí xiè
armed (robbery etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for armed is 持械 (chí xiè), defined as: armed (robbery etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “armed”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 荷枪实弹 (荷槍實彈) | hè qiāng shí dàn | (idiom) armed; carrying a loaded firearm |
| 武装 (武裝) | wǔ zhuāng | arms; equipment |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 持械.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 支持 | zhī chí | to be in favor of; to support |
| 坚持 (堅持) | jiān chí | to persevere with; to persist in |
| 持续 (持續) | chí xù | to continue; to last; to persist |
| 保持 | bǎo chí | to keep; to maintain |
| 维持 (維持) | wéi chí | to keep; to maintain; to preserve |
| 主持 | zhǔ chí | to take charge of; to manage or direct |
| 机械 (機械) | jī xiè | machine; machinery |
| 机械化 (機械化) | jī xiè huà | to mechanize |
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.