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Chinese symbol for “bass”

贝斯
bèi sī
Traditional: 貝斯
(loanword) bass (esp. bass guitar)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bass is 贝斯 (bèi sī), defined as: (loanword) bass (esp. bass guitar).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

贝 bèi
sea shell; money, currency
radical 154 ⾙ · 4 strokes
斯 sī
this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
radical 69 ⽄ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “bass”

WordPinyinMeaning
低音dī yīnbass
鲈鱼 (鱸魚)lú yúbass; perch
贝司 (貝司)bèi sī(music) (loanword) bass
鲈 (鱸)lúcommon perch; bass

Related words

Other words that share a character with 贝斯.

WordPinyinMeaning
宝贝 (寶貝)bǎo bèitreasured object; treasure
贝克 (貝克)bèi kèbecquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq) (abbr. for 贝克勒尔 (bèi kè lè ěr))
贝壳 (貝殼)bèi késhell (of a mollusk)
拷贝 (拷貝)kǎo bèicopy; to copy (loanword)
分贝 (分貝)fēn bèidecibel
法西斯fǎ xī sīfascist (loanword)
瓦斯wǎ sīgas (loanword)
布鲁斯 (布魯斯)bù lǔ sīblues (music) (loanword)

See also: Japanese symbol for “bass”.

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.