Chinese symbol for “paraphrase”
意译
yì yì
Traditional: 意譯
meaning (of foreign expression); translation of the meaning (as opposed to literal translation 直譯|直译); paraphrase; free translation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for paraphrase is 意译 (yì yì), defined as: meaning (of foreign expression); translation of the meaning (as opposed to literal translation 直譯|直译); paraphrase; free translation.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 意译.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 注意 | zhù yì | to take note of; to pay attention to |
| 意见 (意見) | yì jiàn | idea; opinion |
| 意思 | yì si | idea; opinion |
| 意义 (意義) | yì yì | sense; meaning |
| 愿意 (願意) | yuàn yì | to wish; to want |
| 同意 | tóng yì | to agree; to consent |
| 翻译 (翻譯) | fān yì | to translate; to interpret |
| 编译 (編譯) | biān yì | to translate and edit; translator-editor |
See also: Japanese symbol for “paraphrase”.
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.