Chinese symbol for “motion”
动议
dòng yì
Traditional: 動議
motion; proposal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for motion is 动议 (dòng yì), defined as: motion; proposal.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “motion”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 动作 (動作) | dòng zuò | movement; motion; action; to act; to move |
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 动态 (動態) | dòng tài | movement; motion |
| 提案 | tí àn | proposal; draft resolution |
| 议案 (議案) | yì àn | proposal; motion |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 动议.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 行动 (行動) | xíng dòng | operation; action |
| 动物 (動物) | dòng wù | animal |
| 推动 (推動) | tuī dòng | to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to |
| 劳动 (勞動) | láo dòng | work; toil |
| 会议 (會議) | huì yì | meeting; conference |
| 建议 (建議) | jiàn yì | to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation (点 (diǎn)) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “motion”.
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.