Chinese symbol for “nomadic”
游牧
yóu mù
Traditional: 遊牧
nomadic; to move about in search of pasture; to rove around as a nomad
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nomadic is 游牧 (yóu mù), defined as: nomadic; to move about in search of pasture; to rove around as a nomad.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “nomadic”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 游牧.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 游戏 (遊戲) | yóu xì | game (场 (chǎng)); to play |
| 旅游 (旅遊) | lǚ yóu | trip; journey |
| 游行 (遊行) | yóu xíng | to march; to parade; to demonstrate; procession; march; demonstration |
| 游客 (遊客) | yóu kè | traveler; tourist; (online gaming) guest player |
| 游泳 | yóu yǒng | swimming; to swim |
| 下游 | xià yóu | lower reaches (of a river); lower level |
| 牧师 (牧師) | mù shī | chaplain; churchman |
| 牧场 (牧場) | mù chǎng | pasture; grazing land |
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.