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Chinese symbol for “concede”

让步
ràng bù
Traditional: 讓步
to concede; to give in; to yield; a concession

The closest CC-CEDICT match for concede is 让步 (ràng bù), defined as: to concede; to give in; to yield; a concession; (linguistics) concessive.

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

让 ràng
to allow, to permit, to yield
radical 149 ⾔ · 5 strokes
步 bù
walk, stroll, pace, march; to make progress
radical 77 ⽌ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “concede”

WordPinyinMeaning
认输 (認輸)rèn shūto concede; to admit defeat
承认 (承認)chéng rènto admit; to concede
服输 (服輸)fú shūto concede; to admit defeat
退让 (退讓)tuì ràngto move aside; to get out of the way
牵就 (牽就)qiān jiùto concede; to give up

Related words

Other words that share a character with 让步.

WordPinyinMeaning
转让 (轉讓)zhuǎn ràngto transfer (ownership, rights etc)
出让 (出讓)chū ràngto transfer (one's property or rights to sb else)
退让 (退讓)tuì ràngto move aside; to get out of the way
割让 (割讓)gē ràngto cede; cession
让路 (讓路)ràng lùto make way (for sth)
进一步 (進一步)jìn yī bùto go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further
进步 (進步)jìn bùprogress; improvement; to improve; to progress
逐步zhú bùprogressively; step by step

See also: Japanese symbol for “concede”.

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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