Chinese symbol for “barter”
以物易物
yǐ wù yì wù
to barter; barter
The closest CC-CEDICT match for barter is 以物易物 (yǐ wù yì wù), defined as: to barter; barter.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “barter”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 以物易物.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can; may |
| 以及 | yǐ jí | and; as well as |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore; as a result |
| 以后 (以後) | yǐ hòu | after; later |
| 以下 | yǐ xià | that level or lower; that amount or less |
| 以上 | yǐ shàng | that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned |
| 人物 | rén wù | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc) |
| 动物 (動物) | dòng wù | animal |
| 容易 | róng yì | easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to |
| 物质 (物質) | wù zhì | matter; substance |
See also: Japanese symbol for “barter”.
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.