Chinese symbol for “impression”
印象
yìn xiàng
impression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory
The closest CC-CEDICT match for impression is 印象 (yìn xiàng), defined as: impression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “impression”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 感觉 (感覺) | gǎn jué | feeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive |
| 感受 | gǎn shòu | to sense; perception |
| 印痕 | yìn hén | mark; print; impression |
| 印子 | yìn zi | trace; impression (e.g. footprint) |
| 念想 | niàn xiǎng | to miss (the presence of); to cherish the memory of; aspiration; desire; sth one keeps thinking about |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 印象.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 印刷 | yìn shuā | to print; printing |
| 打印 | dǎ yìn | to affix a seal; to stamp |
| 印发 (印發) | yìn fā | to publish; to print and distribute |
| 打印机 (打印機) | dǎ yìn jī | printer |
| 印记 (印記) | yìn jì | imprint; trace |
| 现象 (現象) | xiàn xiàng | phenomenon; 个 (gè),种 (zhǒng) |
| 对象 (對象) | duì xiàng | target; object; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend |
| 形象 | xíng xiàng | image; form |
See also: Japanese symbol for “impression”.
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.