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Chinese symbol for “ratify”

批准
pī zhǔn
to approve; to ratify

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ratify is 批准 (pī zhǔn), defined as: to approve; to ratify.

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Characters and stroke order

批 pī
comment, criticism; batch, lot; wholesale
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
准 zhǔn
standard, accurate; to permit, to approve, to allow
radical 15 ⼎ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “ratify”

WordPinyinMeaning
加盖 (加蓋)jiā gàito seal (with an official stamp); to stamp
追认 (追認)zhuī rènto recognize sth after the event; posthumous recognition

Related words

Other words that share a character with 批准.

WordPinyinMeaning
批评 (批評)pī píngto criticize; criticism; measure word: 次 (cì), 番 (fān)
批判pī pànto criticize; critique
大批dà pīlarge quantities of
审批 (審批)shěn pīto examine and approve; to endorse
批发 (批發)pī fāwholesale; bulk trade
准备 (準備)zhǔn bèipreparation; to prepare
标准 (標準)biāo zhǔnstandard; norm; criterion; (adjective) standard
准确 (準確)zhǔn quèaccurate; exact; precise

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.