Chinese symbol for “pendulum”
钟摆
zhōng bǎi
Traditional: 鐘擺
pendulum
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pendulum is 钟摆 (zhōng bǎi), defined as: pendulum.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pendulum”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 摆 (擺) | bǎi | to arrange; to exhibit |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 钟摆.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分钟 (分鐘) | fēn zhōng | minute |
| 时钟 (時鐘) | shí zhōng | clock |
| 秒钟 (秒鐘) | miǎo zhōng | (time) second |
| 金钟 (金鐘) | jīn zhōng | Admiralty, Hong Kong |
| 钟声 (鐘聲) | zhōng shēng | the sound of a bell |
| 钟头 (鐘頭) | zhōng tóu | (coll.) hour |
| 摆脱 (擺脫) | bǎi tuō | to break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc) |
| 摇摆 (搖擺) | yáo bǎi | to sway; to wobble |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pendulum”.
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.