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Chinese symbol for “asynchronous”

异步
yì bù
Traditional: 異步
asynchronous

The closest CC-CEDICT match for asynchronous is 异步 (yì bù), defined as: asynchronous.

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Characters and stroke order

异 yì
different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising
radical 55 ⼶ · 6 strokes
步 bù
walk, stroll, pace, march; to make progress
radical 77 ⽌ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “asynchronous”

WordPinyinMeaning
非同步fēi tóng bùasynchronous

Related words

Other words that share a character with 异步.

WordPinyinMeaning
差异 (差異)chā yìdifference; discrepancy
异常 (異常)yì chángunusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally
异议 (異議)yì yìobjection; dissent
怪异 (怪異)guài yìmonstrous; strange
诡异 (詭異)guǐ yìstrange; weird
优异 (優異)yōu yìexceptional; outstandingly good
进一步 (進一步)jìn yī bùto go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further
进步 (進步)jìn bùprogress; improvement; to improve; to progress

See also: Japanese symbol for “asynchronous”.

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.