Chinese symbol for “consul”
领事
lǐng shì
Traditional: 領事
consul
The closest CC-CEDICT match for consul is 领事 (lǐng shì), defined as: consul.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “consul”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 执政官 (執政官) | zhí zhèng guān | consul (of the Roman Republic); magistrate (chief administrator) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 领事.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 领导 (領導) | lǐng dǎo | lead; leading |
| 领域 (領域) | lǐng yù | domain; sphere; field; territory; area |
| 领导人 (領導人) | lǐng dǎo rén | leader |
| 领袖 (領袖) | lǐng xiù | leader |
| 占领 (佔領) | zhàn lǐng | to capture; to seize; to occupy by force |
| 领土 (領土) | lǐng tǔ | territory |
| 事件 | shì jiàn | incident; event |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “consul”.
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.