Chinese symbol for “evacuate”
撤侨
chè qiáo
Traditional: 撤僑
to evacuate (e.g. foreign civilians from a war zone)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for evacuate is 撤侨 (chè qiáo), defined as: to evacuate (e.g. foreign civilians from a war zone).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “evacuate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疏散 | shū sàn | to scatter; to disperse; to evacuate; scattered; sparse |
| 撤离 (撤離) | chè lí | to withdraw from; to evacuate |
| 清场 (清場) | qīng chǎng | to clear (a place); to evacuate |
| 撤走 | chè zǒu | to retire; to remove |
| 转移安置 (轉移安置) | zhuǎn yí ān zhì | to relocate; to evacuate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 撤侨.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 撤销 (撤銷) | chè xiāo | to cancel; to revoke; to rescind; (computing) to undo |
| 撤离 (撤離) | chè lí | to withdraw from; to evacuate |
| 撤退 | chè tuì | to retreat |
| 撤回 | chè huí | to recall; to revoke |
| 撤出 | chè chū | to withdraw; to leave |
| 撤职 (撤職) | chè zhí | to eliminate; to sack |
| 侨民 (僑民) | qiáo mín | expatriates |
| 侨胞 (僑胞) | qiáo bāo | countryman living abroad |
See also: Japanese symbol for “evacuate”.
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.