Chinese symbol for “pentecost”
五旬节
wǔ xún jié
Traditional: 五旬節
Pentecost
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pentecost is 五旬节 (wǔ xún jié), defined as: Pentecost.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 五旬节.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 十五 | shí wǔ | fifteen; 15 |
| 第五 | dì wǔ | fifth |
| 五十 | wǔ shí | fifty |
| 五行 | wǔ xíng | five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 |
| 五四 | wǔ sì | fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles |
| 五星 | wǔ xīng | the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星 |
| 中旬 | zhōng xún | middle third of a month |
| 下旬 | xià xún | last third of the month |
| 节目 (節目) | jié mù | (TV or radio) program; show; item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pentecost”.
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.