Chinese symbol for “item”
项目
xiàng mù
Traditional: 項目
item; project; (sports) event
The closest CC-CEDICT match for item is 项目 (xiàng mù), defined as: item; project; (sports) event.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “item”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 件 | jiàn | item; component |
| 名堂 | míng tang | item (in a program of entertainments); trick (act of mischief) |
| 事 | shì | matter; thing |
| 条 (條) | tiáo | strip; item |
| 节目 (節目) | jié mù | (TV or radio) program; show; item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 项目.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 事项 (事項) | shì xiàng | matter; item |
| 专项 (專項) | zhuān xiàng | special; dedicated |
| 选项 (選項) | xuǎn xiàng | option; alternative; choice; to choose a project |
| 奖项 (獎項) | jiǎng xiàng | award; prize; 项 (xiàng) |
| 款项 (款項) | kuǎn xiàng | funds; a sum of money (for a particular purpose) (笔 (bǐ)); item of a clause (in a legal document) |
| 目前 | mù qián | at the present time; currently |
| 目标 (目標) | mù biāo | target; goal |
| 目的 | mù dì | purpose; aim; goal; target; objective |
See also: Japanese symbol for “item”.
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.