Chinese symbol for “reserve”
备用
bèi yòng
Traditional: 備用
reserve; spare; alternate; backup
The closest CC-CEDICT match for reserve is 备用 (bèi yòng), defined as: reserve; spare; alternate; backup.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “reserve”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 后备 (後備) | hòu bèi | reserve; backup |
| 准备 (準備) | zhǔn bèi | preparation; to prepare |
| 候补 (候補) | hòu bǔ | to wait to fill a vacancy; reserve (candidate) |
| 预留 (預留) | yù liú | to set aside; to reserve |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 备用.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 准备 (準備) | zhǔn bèi | preparation; to prepare |
| 设备 (設備) | shè bèi | equipment; facilities; installations |
| 具备 (具備) | jù bèi | to possess; to have |
| 装备 (裝備) | zhuāng bèi | equipment; to equip |
| 配备 (配備) | pèi bèi | to allocate; to provide |
| 筹备 (籌備) | chóu bèi | preparations; to get ready for sth |
| 使用 | shǐ yòng | to use; to employ |
| 利用 | lì yòng | to exploit; to make use of |
See also: Japanese symbol for “reserve”.
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.