Chinese symbol for “overpass”
立交桥
lì jiāo qiáo
Traditional: 立交橋
overpass; flyover
The closest CC-CEDICT match for overpass is 立交桥 (lì jiāo qiáo), defined as: overpass; flyover.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “overpass”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 立体交叉 (立體交叉) | lì tǐ jiāo chā | three-dimensional road junction (i.e. involving flyover bridges or underpass tunnels); overpass |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 立交桥.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 建立 | jiàn lì | to establish; to set up |
| 成立 | chéng lì | to establish; to set up |
| 独立 (獨立) | dú lì | independent; independence |
| 设立 (設立) | shè lì | to set up; to establish |
| 立即 | lì jí | immediately |
| 立法 | lì fǎ | to enact laws; to legislate |
| 交易 | jiāo yì | to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal |
| 交通 | jiāo tōng | to be connected; traffic |
| 桥梁 (橋梁) | qiáo liáng | bridge (lit. and fig.) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “overpass”.
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.