Chinese symbol for “nimble”
敏捷
mǐn jié
nimble; quick; shrewd
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nimble is 敏捷 (mǐn jié), defined as: nimble; quick; shrewd.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “nimble”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 利索 | lì suo | nimble |
| 佽 | cì | nimble; to help |
| 敏 | mǐn | (bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart |
| 狷 (獧) | juàn | nimble; variant of 狷 (juàn) |
| 灵活 (靈活) | líng huó | flexible; nimble |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 敏捷.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敏感 | mǐn gǎn | sensitive; susceptible |
| 过敏 (過敏) | guò mǐn | (medicine) allergic; hypersensitive; (fig.) oversensitive; prone to overreact |
| 敏锐 (敏銳) | mǐn ruì | keen; sharp; acute |
| 灵敏 (靈敏) | líng mǐn | smart; clever |
| 过敏性 (過敏性) | guò mǐn xìng | hypersensitive; allergic reaction |
| 捷运 (捷運) | jié yùn | (Tw) mass rapid transit (MRT); subway |
| 便捷 | biàn jié | convenient and fast |
| 快捷 | kuài jié | quick; fast |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nimble”.
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.