Chinese symbol for “asphalt”
沥青
lì qīng
Traditional: 瀝青
asphalt; bitumen; pitch
The closest CC-CEDICT match for asphalt is 沥青 (lì qīng), defined as: asphalt; bitumen; pitch.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “asphalt”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 沥青.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呕心沥血 (嘔心瀝血) | ǒu xīn lì xuè | lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom); to work one's heart out |
| 淅沥 (淅瀝) | xī lì | (onom.) patter of rain |
| 沥干 (瀝乾) | lì gān | to drain excess liquid from; to drain off (liquid) |
| 披肝沥胆 (披肝瀝膽) | pī gān lì dǎn | (idiom) to be completely honest and sincere; to show wholehearted loyalty |
| 剖肝沥胆 (剖肝瀝膽) | pōu gān lì dǎn | see 披肝沥胆 (pī gān lì dǎn) |
| 青年 | qīng nián | youth; youthful years |
| 青少年 | qīng shào nián | adolescent; youth |
| 青春 | qīng chūn | youth; youthfulness |
See also: Japanese symbol for “asphalt”.
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.