Chinese symbol for “cycle”
循环
xún huán
Traditional: 循環
to cycle; to circulate; circle; loop
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cycle is 循环 (xún huán), defined as: to cycle; to circulate; circle; loop.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “cycle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 期 (朞) | qī | variant of 期 (qī); period |
| 周 | zhōu | to make a circuit; to circle |
| 旋回 | xuán huí | to cycle |
| 周波 | zhōu bō | cycle (physics) |
| 周期 (週期) | zhōu qī | period; cycle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 循环.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遵循 | zūn xún | to follow; to abide by; to comply with |
| 恶性循环 (惡性循環) | è xìng xún huán | vicious circle |
| 循序渐进 (循序漸進) | xún xù jiàn jìn | in sequence, step by step (idiom); to make steady progress incrementally |
| 依循 | yī xún | to follow; to comply |
| 循环系统 (循環系統) | xún huán xì tǒng | circulatory system |
| 环境 (環境) | huán jìng | environment; circumstances |
| 环保 (環保) | huán bǎo | environmental protection; environmentally friendly |
| 环节 (環節) | huán jié | (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc); (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cycle”.
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