Chinese symbol for “cantilever”
悬臂
xuán bì
Traditional: 懸臂
cantilever
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cantilever is 悬臂 (xuán bì), defined as: cantilever.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 悬臂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悬挂 (懸掛) | xuán guà | to suspend; to hang |
| 悬崖 (懸崖) | xuán yá | precipice; overhanging cliff |
| 悬殊 (懸殊) | xuán shū | vastly different; poles apart |
| 悬赏 (懸賞) | xuán shǎng | to offer a reward; bounty |
| 悬浮 (懸浮) | xuán fú | to float (in the air etc); suspension |
| 悬念 (懸念) | xuán niàn | suspense in a movie, play etc; concern for sb's welfare |
| 手臂 | shǒu bì | arm (from shoulder to wrist); (fig.) assistant; helper |
| 双臂 (雙臂) | shuāng bì | arms; both arms |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cantilever”.
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.