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Chinese symbol for “fieldwork”

外勤
wài qín
work done in the field (rather than in the office or at the headquarters); fieldwork; field personnel; fieldworker

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fieldwork is 外勤 (wài qín), defined as: work done in the field (rather than in the office or at the headquarters); fieldwork; field personnel; fieldworker.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

外 wài
out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
radical 36 ⼣ · 5 strokes
勤 qín
industrious, diligent, attentive
radical 19 ⼒ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “fieldwork”

WordPinyinMeaning
田野调查 (田野調查)tián yě diào cháfield research; fieldwork

Related words

Other words that share a character with 外勤.

WordPinyinMeaning
另外lìng wàiadditional; in addition
此外cǐ wàibesides; in addition; moreover; furthermore
外国 (外國)wài guóforeign country
国外 (國外)guó wàiabroad; external (affairs)
海外hǎi wàioverseas; abroad
之外zhī wàioutside; excluding
后勤 (後勤)hòu qínlogistics
勤劳 (勤勞)qín láohardworking; industrious; diligent

See also: Japanese symbol for “fieldwork”.

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.