Chinese symbol for “armistice”
休战
xiū zhàn
Traditional: 休戰
armistice
The closest CC-CEDICT match for armistice is 休战 (xiū zhàn), defined as: armistice.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “armistice”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 停战 (停戰) | tíng zhàn | to cease fire; to stop fighting; armistice; truce |
| 休兵 | xiū bīng | to cease fire; armistice |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 休战.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 休息 | xiū xi | rest; to rest |
| 退休 | tuì xiū | to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement |
| 休闲 (休閒) | xiū xián | leisure; relaxation |
| 休假 | xiū jià | to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave |
| 退休金 | tuì xiū jīn | retirement pension; pension payments received after retirement |
| 不休 | bù xiū | endlessly; ceaselessly |
| 战争 (戰爭) | zhàn zhēng | war; conflict; 场 (cháng),次 (cì) |
| 战略 (戰略) | zhàn lüè | strategy |
See also: Japanese symbol for “armistice”.
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.