Chinese symbol for “portable”
手提
shǒu tí
portable
The closest CC-CEDICT match for portable is 手提 (shǒu tí), defined as: portable.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “portable”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 便携式 (便攜式) | biàn xié shì | portable |
| 便携 (便攜) | biàn xié | portable; easy to carry |
| 移动 (移動) | yí dòng | to move; movement |
| 可移植 | kě yí zhí | portable (programming language) |
| 随带 (隨帶) | suí dài | to carry along; portable |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 手提.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 手机 (手機) | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái) |
| 手段 | shǒu duàn | method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability |
| 选手 (選手) | xuǎn shǒu | athlete; contestant |
| 手术 (手術) | shǒu shù | (surgical) operation; surgery |
| 对手 (對手) | duì shǒu | opponent; rival |
| 歌手 | gē shǒu | singer |
| 提供 | tí gōng | to offer; to supply |
| 提出 | tí chū | to raise (an issue); to propose |
See also: Japanese symbol for “portable”.
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.