Chinese symbol for “meandering”
迤逦
yǐ lǐ
Traditional: 迤邐
meandering; winding
The closest CC-CEDICT match for meandering is 迤逦 (yǐ lǐ), defined as: meandering; winding.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “meandering”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弯弯曲曲 (彎彎曲曲) | wān wān qū qū | curved; meandering |
| 汫𣸨 (汫濙) | jǐng yíng | meandering |
| 宛转 (宛轉) | wǎn zhuǎn | sinuous; meandering |
| 逶迤 | wēi yí | (literary) (of roads, rivers, mountain ranges etc) long and winding; meandering |
| 黏涎 | nián xian | saliva; slobber; (coll.) long-winded; meandering |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 迤逦.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 逶迤 | wēi yí | (literary) (of roads, rivers, mountain ranges etc) long and winding; meandering |
See also: Japanese symbol for “meandering”.
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.