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Chinese symbol for “damping”

阻尼
zǔ ní
damping

The closest CC-CEDICT match for damping is 阻尼 (zǔ ní), defined as: damping.

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Characters and stroke order

阻 zǔ
to hinder, to impede; to obstruct, to oppose
radical 170 ⾩ · 7 strokes
尼 ní
Buddhist nun; used in transliterations
radical 44 ⼫ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “damping”

WordPinyinMeaning
减震 (減震)jiǎn zhènshock absorption; damping

Related words

Other words that share a character with 阻尼.

WordPinyinMeaning
阻止zǔ zhǐto prevent; to block
阻碍 (阻礙)zǔ àito obstruct; to hinder
阻挡 (阻擋)zǔ dǎngto stop; to resist
阻力zǔ lìresistance; drag
阻挠 (阻撓)zǔ náoto thwart; to obstruct (sth)
受阻shòu zǔto be obstructed; to be hindered
比基尼bǐ jī ní(loanword) bikini
尼姑ní gūBuddhist nun

See also: Japanese symbol for “damping”.

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.