Chinese symbol for “impact”
影响力
yǐng xiǎng lì
Traditional: 影響力
influence; impact
The closest CC-CEDICT match for impact is 影响力 (yǐng xiǎng lì), defined as: influence; impact.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “impact”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 作用 | zuò yòng | to act on; to affect; action; function; activity |
| 冲击 (衝擊) | chōng jī | to attack; to batter |
| 影响层面 (影響層面) | yǐng xiǎng céng miàn | impact; effect |
| 感染力 | gǎn rǎn lì | infectiousness (of a disease); appeal; power; impact (of an image, marketing message, performance etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 影响力.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 影响 (影響) | yǐng xiǎng | influence; effect |
| 电影 (電影) | diàn yǐng | movie; film; measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 影片 | yǐng piàn | a copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie |
| 摄影 (攝影) | shè yǐng | to take a photograph; photography |
| 影像 | yǐng xiàng | image |
| 响应 (響應) | xiǎng yìng | to respond to; answer |
| 反响 (反響) | fǎn xiǎng | repercussions; reaction |
| 音响 (音響) | yīn xiǎng | sound; acoustics; audio; hi-fi system; stereo sound system (abbr. for 组合音响 (zǔ hé yīn xiǎng)) |
| 能力 | néng lì | capability; ability |
See also: Japanese symbol for “impact”.
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.