Chinese symbol for “cove”
澳
ào
deep bay; cove; harbor
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cove is 澳 (ào), defined as: deep bay; cove; harbor.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “cove”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 澳.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 澳元 | ào yuán | Australian dollar |
| 澳币 (澳幣) | ào bì | Australian dollar |
| 澳宝 (澳寶) | ào bǎo | opal (abbr. for 澳洲宝石 (Ào zhōu bǎo shí)) |
| 澳龙 (澳龍) | ào lóng | Panulirus cygnus |
| 省港澳 | shěng Gǎng Ào | abbr. for the economic region of Guangdong Province (or Guangzhou), Hong Kong and Macao |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cove”.
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.