Chinese symbol for “denim”
丹宁
dān níng
Traditional: 丹寧
(loanword) denim; tannin
The closest CC-CEDICT match for denim is 丹宁 (dān níng), defined as: (loanword) denim; tannin.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “denim”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 丹宁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 苏丹 (蘇丹) | sū dān | (loanword) sultan |
| 牡丹 | mǔ dan | tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa) |
| 灵丹妙药 (靈丹妙藥) | líng dān miào yào | effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems; panacea |
| 丹凤 (丹鳳) | dān fèng | red phoenix |
| 炼丹 (煉丹) | liàn dān | to concoct pills of immortality |
| 丹田 | dān tián | pubic region; point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides |
| 宁愿 (寧願) | nìng yuàn | would rather ... (than ...) |
| 宁可 (寧可) | nìng kě | preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “denim”.
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.