Chinese symbol for “patrol”
巡逻
xún luó
Traditional: 巡邏
to patrol
The closest CC-CEDICT match for patrol is 巡逻 (xún luó), defined as: to patrol.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “patrol”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巡 | xún | to patrol; to make one's rounds |
| 巡航 | xún háng | (military) to patrol (airspace or waters); (technical) to cruise; to maintain steady speed |
| 巡查 | xún chá | to patrol |
| 逻 (邏) | luó | patrol |
| 巡逻队 (巡邏隊) | xún luó duì | (army, police) patrol |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 巡逻.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巡抚 (巡撫) | xún fǔ | inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times |
| 巡视 (巡視) | xún shì | to inspect (a site); (of a dignitary) to visit; to go on an inspection tour; to survey (a scene); to scan with one's eyes |
| 巡回 (巡迴) | xún huí | to go around; to roam; to tour |
| 巡演 | xún yǎn | (theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances (abbr. for 巡回演出 (xún huí yǎn chū)) |
| 巡航 | xún háng | (military) to patrol (airspace or waters); (technical) to cruise; to maintain steady speed |
| 逻辑 (邏輯) | luó ji | (loanword) logic |
| 巡逻队 (巡邏隊) | xún luó duì | (army, police) patrol |
| 逻辑学 (邏輯學) | luó ji xué | logic |
See also: Japanese symbol for “patrol”.
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.