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Chinese symbol for “pouring”

滂沱
pāng tuó
pouring; flooding

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pouring is 滂沱 (pāng tuó), defined as: pouring; flooding.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

滂 pāng
torrential; voluminous
radical 85 ⽔ · 13 strokes
沱 tuó
river, stream, waterway; to flow
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “pouring”

WordPinyinMeaning
瓢泼 (瓢潑)piáo pō(of rain) pouring
淋漓lín lídripping wet; pouring

Related words

Other words that share a character with 滂沱.

WordPinyinMeaning
滂沱大雨pāng tuó dà yǔtorrents of rain (idiom)
大雨滂沱dà yǔ pāng tuósee 滂沱大雨 (pāng tuó dà yǔ)
涕泗滂沱tì sì pāng tuóa flood of tears and mucus; broken-hearted and weeping bitterly
滂臭pāng chòu(dialect) stinky; smelly
沱茶tuó cháa cake of tea, commonly Pu'er tea 普洱茶 (Pǔ ěr chá), compacted into a bowl or nest shape; dome shaped tea-brick

See also: Japanese symbol for “pouring”.

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.

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