Chinese symbol for “eternal”
永恒
yǒng héng
Traditional: 永恆
eternal; everlasting; fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for eternal is 永恒 (yǒng héng), defined as: eternal; everlasting; fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “eternal”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 永世 | yǒng shì | eternal; forever |
| 永远 (永遠) | yǒng yuǎn | forever; eternal |
| 不朽 | bù xiǔ | to last forever; eternal; enduring |
| 天长地久 (天長地久) | tiān cháng dì jiǔ | enduring while the world lasts (idiom); eternal |
| 恒久 (恆久) | héng jiǔ | constant; persistent |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 永恒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 永远 (永遠) | yǒng yuǎn | forever; eternal |
| 永久 | yǒng jiǔ | everlasting; perpetual |
| 永不 | yǒng bù | never; will never |
| 永生 | yǒng shēng | to live forever; eternal life |
| 永久性 | yǒng jiǔ xìng | permanent |
| 恒星 (恆星) | héng xīng | (fixed) star |
| 恒定 (恆定) | héng dìng | constant |
| 守恒 (守恆) | shǒu héng | conservation (e.g. of energy, momentum or heat in physics); to remain constant (of a number) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “eternal”.
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