Chinese symbol for “pump”
泵
bèng
pump (loanword)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pump is 泵 (bèng), defined as: pump (loanword).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “pump”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 帮浦 (幫浦) | bāng pǔ | pump (loanword) |
| 唧 | jī | (onom.) to pump (water) |
| 泵浦 | bèng pǔ | pump (loanword) |
| 唧筒 | jī tǒng | a pump; water pump |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 泵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水泵 | shuǐ bèng | water pump |
| 泵站 | bèng zhàn | pumping station |
| 油泵 | yóu bèng | oil pump |
| 热泵 (熱泵) | rè bèng | heat pump |
| 真空泵 | zhēn kōng bèng | vacuum pump |
| 气泵 (氣泵) | qì bèng | air pump |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pump”.
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.