Chinese symbol for “hefty”
彪壮
biāo zhuàng
Traditional: 彪壯
tall and husky; hefty
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hefty is 彪壮 (biāo zhuàng), defined as: tall and husky; hefty.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 彪壮.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 彪悍 | biāo hàn | tough as nails; formidable |
| 彪炳 | biāo bǐng | (literary) (of deeds, accomplishments etc) to shine brightly (in the annals of history etc); (literary) outstanding; splendid; glorious |
| 彪形大汉 (彪形大漢) | biāo xíng dà hàn | (idiom) burly chap; husky fellow |
| 彪形 | biāo xíng | husky; burly |
| 彪休 | biāo xiū | angry; wrathful |
| 彪个子 (彪個子) | biāo gè zi | tall and strong physique |
| 壮大 (壯大) | zhuàng dà | to strengthen; to build up; to grow strong and large |
| 壮观 (壯觀) | zhuàng guān | spectacular; magnificent sight |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hefty”.
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.