Chinese symbol for “gramophone”
留声机
liú shēng jī
Traditional: 留聲機
gramophone; phonograph
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gramophone is 留声机 (liú shēng jī), defined as: gramophone; phonograph.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “gramophone”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 唱机 (唱機) | chàng jī | gramophone |
| 电唱机 (電唱機) | diàn chàng jī | gramophone; record player |
| 电唱 (電唱) | diàn chàng | gramophone; record player |
| 电唱盘 (電唱盤) | diàn chàng pán | gramophone; record player |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 留声机.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 留下 | liú xià | to leave behind; to stay behind |
| 保留 | bǎo liú | to keep; to retain |
| 留言 | liú yán | to leave a message; to leave one's comments; message |
| 留学 (留學) | liú xué | to study abroad |
| 停留 | tíng liú | to stay for a time; to stop; to remain; to remain (at a stage, level etc) |
| 拘留 | jū liú | to detain (as a prisoner); to keep sb in custody |
| 声音 (聲音) | shēng yīn | sound; voice |
| 声明 (聲明) | shēng míng | to state; to declare |
| 机构 (機構) | jī gòu | mechanism; structure |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gramophone”.
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.