Chinese symbol for “liquid”
液体
yè tǐ
Traditional: 液體
liquid
The closest CC-CEDICT match for liquid is 液体 (yè tǐ), defined as: liquid.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “liquid”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 液 | yè | (bound form) a liquid; also pr. [yi4] |
| 液态 (液態) | yè tài | liquid (state) |
| 流动 (流動) | liú dòng | to flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid |
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 液体.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 血液 | xuè yè | blood; (fig.) lifeblood |
| 精液 | jīng yè | semen |
| 溶液 | róng yè | solution (chemistry) |
| 液压 (液壓) | yè yā | hydraulic pressure |
| 液晶 | yè jīng | liquid crystal |
| 媒体 (媒體) | méi tǐ | media, esp. news media |
| 身体 (身體) | shēn tǐ | the body; one's health |
| 体育 (體育) | tǐ yù | sports; physical education |
See also: Japanese symbol for “liquid”.
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.