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Chinese symbol for “cream”

精英
jīng yīng
cream; elite; essence; quintessence

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cream is 精英 (jīng yīng), defined as: cream; elite; essence; quintessence.

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

精 jīng
essence, germ, spirit
radical 119 ⽶ · 14 strokes
英 yīng
petal, flower, leaf; brave, heroic; English
radical 140 ⾋ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “cream”

WordPinyinMeaning
奶油nǎi yóucream; butter
克林姆kè lín mǔcream (loanword)
菁华 (菁華)jīng huáthe cream; essence
乳脂rǔ zhīcream; milk fat
乳黄色 (乳黃色)rǔ huáng sècream (color)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 精英.

WordPinyinMeaning
精神jīng shénspirit; mind
精彩jīng cǎiwonderful; marvelous
精力jīng lìenergy (physical or mental)
精确 (精確)jīng quèaccurate; precise
英雄yīng xiónghero; 个 (gè)
英尺yīng chǐfoot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m)
英里yīng lǐmile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km)
英勇yīng yǒngheroic; gallant

See also: Japanese symbol for “cream”.

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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