Chinese symbol for “optimize”
优化
yōu huà
Traditional: 優化
to optimize; (corporate euphemism) to lay off staff
The closest CC-CEDICT match for optimize is 优化 (yōu huà), defined as: to optimize; (corporate euphemism) to lay off staff.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “optimize”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 优化.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 优秀 (優秀) | yōu xiù | outstanding; excellent |
| 优势 (優勢) | yōu shì | superiority; dominance |
| 优惠 (優惠) | yōu huì | privilege; favorable (terms) |
| 优先 (優先) | yōu xiān | to have priority; to take precedence |
| 优质 (優質) | yōu zhì | excellent quality |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture; civilization |
| 变化 (變化) | biàn huà | (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation |
| 现代化 (現代化) | xiàn dài huà | modernization; 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “optimize”.
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.