Chinese symbol for “dance”
舞蹈
wǔ dǎo
dance (performance art); dancing
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dance is 舞蹈 (wǔ dǎo), defined as: dance (performance art); dancing.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “dance”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 舞 | wǔ | to dance; to wield |
| 跳舞 | tiào wǔ | to dance |
| 舞会 (舞會) | wǔ huì | dance; ball |
| 舞动 (舞動) | wǔ dòng | to move as in a dance; to wave (some implement) |
| 飘举 (飄舉) | piāo jǔ | to dance; to float in the wind |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 舞蹈.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 舞台 (舞臺) | wǔ tái | (lit. and fig.) stage; arena |
| 跳舞 | tiào wǔ | to dance |
| 鼓舞 | gǔ wǔ | to inspire; to encourage; to hearten; to boost (morale) |
| 挥舞 (揮舞) | huī wǔ | to brandish; to wave sth |
| 歌舞 | gē wǔ | singing and dancing |
| 舞蹈家 | wǔ dǎo jiā | dancer |
| 重蹈覆辙 (重蹈覆轍) | chóng dǎo fù zhé | lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom); fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past |
| 重蹈 | chóng dǎo | (fig.) to follow (a path that has proved ill-advised) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dance”.
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.