Chinese symbol for “resistance”
阻力
zǔ lì
resistance; drag
The closest CC-CEDICT match for resistance is 阻力 (zǔ lì), defined as: resistance; drag.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “resistance”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抵抗力 | dǐ kàng lì | resistance; immunity |
| 抗性 | kàng xìng | resistance; capability of resisting |
| 抵制 | dǐ zhì | to resist; to boycott |
| 抵抗 | dǐ kàng | to resist; resistance |
| 耐受性 | nài shòu xìng | tolerance (to heat, acid etc); resistance |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 阻力.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阻止 | zǔ zhǐ | to prevent; to block |
| 阻碍 (阻礙) | zǔ ài | to obstruct; to hinder |
| 阻挡 (阻擋) | zǔ dǎng | to stop; to resist |
| 阻挠 (阻撓) | zǔ náo | to thwart; to obstruct (sth) |
| 受阻 | shòu zǔ | to be obstructed; to be hindered |
| 能力 | néng lì | capability; ability |
| 努力 | nǔ lì | to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious |
| 力量 | lì liang | power; force; strength |
See also: Japanese symbol for “resistance”.
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.