Chinese symbol for “column”
纵队
zòng duì
Traditional: 縱隊
column; file (formation of people) (CL:列 (liè),路 (lù)); PLA army corps (1946–1949)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for column is 纵队 (zòng duì), defined as: column; file (formation of people) (CL:列 (liè),路 (lù)); PLA army corps (1946–1949).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “column”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圆柱 (圓柱) | yuán zhù | column; cylinder |
| 列 | liè | to arrange; to line up |
| 行 | háng | (bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession |
| 壔 | dǎo | column; cylinder |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 纵队.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 操纵 (操縱) | cāo zòng | to operate; to control |
| 纵然 (縱然) | zòng rán | even if; even though |
| 纵横 (縱橫) | zòng héng | lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth |
| 纵火 (縱火) | zòng huǒ | to set on fire; to commit arson |
| 放纵 (放縱) | fàng zòng | to indulge; to pamper |
| 纵容 (縱容) | zòng róng | to tolerate or condone wrongdoing; to allow (sb) to engage in bad behavior |
| 军队 (軍隊) | jūn duì | armed forces; troops; measure word: 支 (zhī) |
| 部队 (部隊) | bù duì | army; armed forces |
See also: Japanese symbol for “column”.
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.