Chinese symbol for “flexibility”
弹性
tán xìng
Traditional: 彈性
flexibility; elasticity
The closest CC-CEDICT match for flexibility is 弹性 (tán xìng), defined as: flexibility; elasticity.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “flexibility”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 柔性 | róu xìng | flexibility |
| 灵活性 (靈活性) | líng huó xìng | flexibility |
| 机动性 (機動性) | jī dòng xìng | flexibility |
| 伸缩性 (伸縮性) | shēn suō xìng | flexibility |
| 适应性 (適應性) | shì yìng xìng | adaptability; flexibility |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 弹性.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 炸弹 (炸彈) | zhà dàn | bomb; measure word: 枚 (méi), 颗 (kē) |
| 导弹 (導彈) | dǎo dàn | (guided) missile; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
| 子弹 (子彈) | zǐ dàn | bullet; measure word: 粒 (lì), 颗 (kē), 发 (fā) |
| 弹药 (彈藥) | dàn yào | ammunition |
| 反弹 (反彈) | fǎn tán | to bounce; to bounce back |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
| 男性 | nán xìng | the male sex; a male |
| 性质 (性質) | xìng zhì | nature; characteristic |
See also: Japanese symbol for “flexibility”.
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.