Chinese symbol for “elevator”
电梯
diàn tī
Traditional: 電梯
elevator; escalator; 台 (tái),部 (bù)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for elevator is 电梯 (diàn tī), defined as: elevator; escalator; 台 (tái),部 (bù).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “elevator”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吊车 (吊車) | diào chē | hoist; crane |
| 升降机 (升降機) | shēng jiàng jī | aerial work platform (e.g. cherry picker or scissor lift); lift |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 电梯.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电影 (電影) | diàn yǐng | movie; film; measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 电话 (電話) | diàn huà | telephone; measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 电视 (電視) | diàn shì | television; TV; 台 (tái),部 (bù) |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
| 电脑 (電腦) | diàn nǎo | computer; 台 (tái) |
| 电视台 (電視台) | diàn shì tái | television station |
| 楼梯 (樓梯) | lóu tī | stair; staircase |
| 阶梯 (階梯) | jiē tī | flight of steps; (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of |
See also: Japanese symbol for “elevator”.
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.