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Chinese symbol for “blockbuster”

畅销书
chàng xiāo shū
Traditional: 暢銷書
best-seller; best-selling book; blockbuster

The closest CC-CEDICT match for blockbuster is 畅销书 (chàng xiāo shū), defined as: best-seller; best-selling book; blockbuster.

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

畅 chàng
freely, smoothly; unrestrained
radical 102 ⽥ · 8 strokes
销 xiāo
to fuse, to melt; to market, to sell
radical 167 ⾦ · 12 strokes
书 shū
book, letter, document; writing
radical 5 ⼄ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “blockbuster”

WordPinyinMeaning
重磅炸弹 (重磅炸彈)zhòng bàng zhà dàn(fig.) sth that produces shockwaves; bombshell (revelation)
震撼弹 (震撼彈)zhèn hàn dànstun grenade; (Tw) (fig.) sth that produces shockwaves

Related words

Other words that share a character with 畅销书.

WordPinyinMeaning
畅销 (暢銷)chàng xiāoto sell well; bestselling; chart-topping
流畅 (流暢)liú chàngflowing (of speech, writing); fluent
畅通 (暢通)chàng tōngunobstructed; unimpeded; free-flowing; smooth
顺畅 (順暢)shùn chàngsmooth and unhindered; fluent
舒畅 (舒暢)shū chànghappy; entirely free from worry
通畅 (通暢)tōng chàngunobstructed; clear; (of writing or thinking) coherent; fluent
销售 (銷售)xiāo shòuto sell; to market
撤销 (撤銷)chè xiāoto cancel; to revoke; to rescind; (computing) to undo
书记 (書記)shū jisecretary (head of a Communist Party or Communist Youth League organization); clerk; scribe

See also: Japanese symbol for “blockbuster”.

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.

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