Chinese symbol for “coupling”
耦合
ǒu hé
coupling (physics); copula (statistics); to be coupled (with sth)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for coupling is 耦合 (ǒu hé), defined as: coupling (physics); copula (statistics); to be coupled (with sth).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “coupling”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 接头 (接頭) | jiē tóu | connector; joint; coupling; (coll.) to contact; to get in touch with |
| 联轴节 (聯軸節) | lián zhòu jié | (mechanics) coupling |
| 联轴器 (聯軸器) | lián zhòu qì | (mechanics) coupler; coupling |
| 挂钩 (掛鉤) | guà gōu | to couple; to link; to hook together; (fig.) (preceded by 与 (yǔ) + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 耦合.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 光耦 | guāng ǒu | abbr. for 光耦合器 (guāng ǒu hé qì) |
| 光耦合器 | guāng ǒu hé qì | optocoupler (electronics) |
| 匹耦 | pǐ ǒu | variant of 匹偶 (pǐ ǒu) |
| 去耦 | qù ǒu | to decouple |
| 怨耦 | yuàn ǒu | variant of 怨偶 (yuàn ǒu) |
| 合作 | hé zuò | to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together |
| 综合 (綜合) | zōng hé | comprehensive; composite |
| 结合 (結合) | jié hé | to combine; to link |
See also: Japanese symbol for “coupling”.
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.