Chinese symbol for “deflation”
通货紧缩
tōng huò jǐn suō
Traditional: 通貨緊縮
deflation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for deflation is 通货紧缩 (tōng huò jǐn suō), defined as: deflation.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 通货紧缩.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 通过 (通過) | tōng guò | to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) |
| 交通 | jiāo tōng | to be connected; traffic |
| 通常 | tōng cháng | regular; usual; normal; usually; normally |
| 普通 | pǔ tōng | common; ordinary |
| 通知 | tōng zhī | to notify; to inform |
| 沟通 (溝通) | gōu tōng | to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate |
| 货币 (貨幣) | huò bì | currency; monetary |
| 货物 (貨物) | huò wù | goods; commodity |
| 紧张 (緊張) | jǐn zhāng | nervous; keyed up |
| 缩短 (縮短) | suō duǎn | to shorten; to reduce; to curtail |
See also: Japanese symbol for “deflation”.
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.