Chinese symbol for “senior”
资深
zī shēn
Traditional: 資深
senior; highly experienced; veteran
The closest CC-CEDICT match for senior is 资深 (zī shēn), defined as: senior; highly experienced; veteran.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “senior”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 前辈 (前輩) | qián bèi | senior; older generation |
| 尊 | zūn | senior; of a senior generation |
| 年长 (年長) | nián zhǎng | senior |
| 长者 (長者) | zhǎng zhě | an elder; a senior |
| 伯 | bó | father's elder brother; senior |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 资深.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 资料 (資料) | zī liào | material; resources |
| 资源 (資源) | zī yuán | natural resource (such as water or minerals); resource (such as manpower or tourism) |
| 投资 (投資) | tóu zī | investment; to invest |
| 资金 (資金) | zī jīn | funds; capital |
| 资本 (資本) | zī běn | capital (economics) |
| 资格 (資格) | zī gé | qualifications; seniority |
| 深入 | shēn rù | to penetrate deeply; thorough |
| 深刻 | shēn kè | profound; deep |
See also: Japanese symbol for “senior”.
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.