Chinese symbol for “obsolete”
陈旧
chén jiù
Traditional: 陳舊
old-fashioned; out of date; obsolete; antiquated
The closest CC-CEDICT match for obsolete is 陈旧 (chén jiù), defined as: old-fashioned; out of date; obsolete; antiquated.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “obsolete”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 陈旧.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陈述 (陳述) | chén shù | to state; to declare |
| 陈列 (陳列) | chén liè | to display; to exhibit |
| 新陈代谢 (新陳代謝) | xīn chén dài xiè | metabolism (biology); the new replaces the old (idiom) |
| 陈年 (陳年) | chén nián | (of wine) aged; (of debts etc) old; longstanding |
| 陈设 (陳設) | chén shè | to display; to exhibit; to set out; furnishings |
| 依旧 (依舊) | yī jiù | as before; still; to remain the same |
| 仍旧 (仍舊) | réng jiù | still (remaining); to remain (the same) |
| 旧址 (舊址) | jiù zhǐ | former site; old location |
See also: Japanese symbol for “obsolete”.
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.