Chinese symbol for “rarefied”
稀薄
xī bó
thin; rarefied
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rarefied is 稀薄 (xī bó), defined as: thin; rarefied.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 稀薄.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 稀有 | xī yǒu | uncommon; rare |
| 稀少 | xī shǎo | sparse; rare |
| 稀缺 | xī quē | scarce; scarcity |
| 稀释 (稀釋) | xī shì | to dilute |
| 稀奇 | xī qí | rare; strange |
| 稀土 | xī tǔ | rare earth (chemistry) |
| 薄弱 | bó ruò | weak; frail |
| 薄膜 | bó mó | membrane; film |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rarefied”.
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.