Chinese symbol for “breakthrough”
冲破
chōng pò
Traditional: 衝破
breakthrough; to overcome an obstacle quickly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for breakthrough is 冲破 (chōng pò), defined as: breakthrough; to overcome an obstacle quickly.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “breakthrough”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 跨越式 | kuà yuè shì | breakthrough; going beyond |
| 爆冷 | bào lěng | an upset (esp. in sports); unexpected turn of events |
| 突破点 (突破點) | tū pò diǎn | point of penetration (military); breakthrough |
| 石破天惊 (石破天驚) | shí pò tiān jīng | earth-shattering; breakthrough |
| 爆冷门 (爆冷門) | bào lěng mén | an upset (esp. in sports); unexpected turn of events |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 冲破.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冲突 (衝突) | chōng tū | conflict; to conflict |
| 冲击 (沖擊) | chōng jī | variant of 冲击 (chōng jī) |
| 冲动 (衝動) | chōng dòng | to have an urge; to be impetuous |
| 脉冲 (脈衝) | mài chōng | pulse (physics) |
| 破坏 (破壞) | pò huài | destruction; damage |
| 突破 | tū pò | to break through; to make a breakthrough |
| 打破 | dǎ pò | to break; to smash |
| 破产 (破產) | pò chǎn | to go bankrupt; to become impoverished |
See also: Japanese symbol for “breakthrough”.
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.