Chinese symbol for “barber”
理发师
lǐ fà shī
Traditional: 理髮師
barber; hairdresser
The closest CC-CEDICT match for barber is 理发师 (lǐ fà shī), defined as: barber; hairdresser.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “barber”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 理发师.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise; to manage |
| 处理 (處理) | chǔ lǐ | to handle; to deal with; to punish |
| 理论 (理論) | lǐ lùn | theory; 个 (gè) |
| 理解 | lǐ jiě | to comprehend; to understand |
| 总理 (總理) | zǒng lǐ | premier; prime minister |
| 理由 | lǐ yóu | reason; grounds |
| 发展 (發展) | fā zhǎn | development; growth |
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
| 老师 (老師) | lǎo shī | teacher |
See also: Japanese symbol for “barber”.
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.