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Chinese symbol for “mooring”

停泊
tíng bó
to anchor; anchorage; mooring (of a ship)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mooring is 停泊 (tíng bó), defined as: to anchor; anchorage; mooring (of a ship).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

停 tíng
to suspend, to halt, to delay; suitable
radical 9 ⼈ · 11 strokes
泊 bó
to anchor; to moor
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 停泊.

WordPinyinMeaning
停止tíng zhǐto stop; to halt; to cease
不停bù tíngincessant
暂停 (暫停)zàn tíngto suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports)
停留tíng liúto stay for a time; to stop; to remain; to remain (at a stage, level etc)
停车 (停車)tíng chēto pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park
停车场 (停車場)tíng chē chǎngparking lot; car park
湖泊hú pōlake
漂泊piāo bó(of a boat) to float; to drift; to lie at anchor; (fig.) to roam; to lead a wandering existence

See also: Japanese symbol for “mooring”.

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.

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