Chinese symbol for “pragmatic”
变通
biàn tōng
Traditional: 變通
pragmatic; flexible; to act differently in different situations; to accommodate to circumstances
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pragmatic is 变通 (biàn tōng), defined as: pragmatic; flexible; to act differently in different situations; to accommodate to circumstances.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pragmatic”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 随机 (隨機) | suí jī | according to the situation; pragmatic |
| 现实 (現實) | xiàn shí | reality; actuality; real; actual |
| 随机应变 (隨機應變) | suí jī yìng biàn | to change according to the situation (idiom); pragmatic |
| 务实 (務實) | wù shí | to deal with concrete matters; pragmatic |
| 实用 (實用) | shí yòng | to apply in practice; practical; functional; pragmatic; applied (science) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 变通.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 改变 (改變) | gǎi biàn | to change; to alter |
| 变化 (變化) | biàn huà | (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation |
| 变成 (變成) | biàn chéng | to change into; to turn into |
| 变得 (變得) | biàn de | to become |
| 转变 (轉變) | zhuǎn biàn | to change; to transform |
| 变态 (變態) | biàn tài | to metamorphose (biology); abnormal |
| 通过 (通過) | tōng guò | to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) |
| 交通 | jiāo tōng | to be connected; traffic |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pragmatic”.
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.