Chinese symbol for “filter”
过滤
guò lǜ
Traditional: 過濾
to filter
The closest CC-CEDICT match for filter is 过滤 (guò lǜ), defined as: to filter.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “filter”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 筛选 (篩選) | shāi xuǎn | to filter |
| 淋 | lìn | to filter; to strain |
| 滤镜 (濾鏡) | lǜ jìng | (photography) filter |
| 滤网 (濾網) | lǜ wǎng | filter; a sieve |
| 滤清器 (濾清器) | lǜ qīng qì | a filter |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 过滤.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 通过 (通過) | tōng guò | to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 过去 (過去) | guò qù | (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by |
| 过程 (過程) | guò chéng | course of events; process |
| 超过 (超過) | chāo guò | to surpass; to exceed |
| 过滤器 (過濾器) | guò lǜ qì | filtering apparatus; (machine) filter |
| 滤波器 (濾波器) | lǜ bō qì | signal filter |
| 滤波 (濾波) | lǜ bō | to filter electric signals |
See also: Japanese symbol for “filter”.
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.