Chinese symbol for “benchmark”
标竿
biāo gān
Traditional: 標竿
benchmark; pole serving as mark or symbol; pole with a trophy hung on it
The closest CC-CEDICT match for benchmark is 标竿 (biāo gān), defined as: benchmark; pole serving as mark or symbol; pole with a trophy hung on it.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “benchmark”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 基准 (基準) | jī zhǔn | (surveying) datum; standard; criterion; benchmark |
| 标杆 (標杆) | biāo gān | surveyor's pole; post (used for a landmark) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 标竿.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 目标 (目標) | mù biāo | target; goal |
| 标准 (標準) | biāo zhǔn | standard; norm; criterion; (adjective) standard |
| 标志 (標誌) | biāo zhì | sign; mark; symbol; logo; to symbolize; to indicate; to mark |
| 指标 (指標) | zhǐ biāo | (production) target; quota; index; indicator |
| 标题 (標題) | biāo tí | title; heading |
| 标签 (標籤) | biāo qiān | label; tag |
| 竹竿 | zhú gān | bamboo pole |
| 立竿见影 (立竿見影) | lì gān jiàn yǐng | (lit.) set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom); (fig.) to get instant results |
See also: Japanese symbol for “benchmark”.
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.