Chinese symbol for “flexible”
灵活
líng huó
Traditional: 靈活
flexible; nimble; agile
The closest CC-CEDICT match for flexible is 灵活 (líng huó), defined as: flexible; nimble; agile.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “flexible”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圆通 (圓通) | yuán tōng | flexible; accommodating |
| 松软 (鬆軟) | sōng ruǎn | flexible; not rigid |
| 通融 | tōng róng | flexible; to accommodate |
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 软 (軟) | ruǎn | soft; flexible |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 灵活.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灵魂 (靈魂) | líng hún | soul; spirit |
| 心灵 (心靈) | xīn líng | bright; smart |
| 精灵 (精靈) | jīng líng | spirit; fairy |
| 灵感 (靈感) | líng gǎn | creative inspiration |
| 幽灵 (幽靈) | yōu líng | specter; apparition |
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live; life |
| 活跃 (活躍) | huó yuè | active; lively |
See also: Japanese symbol for “flexible”.
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.