Chinese symbol for “series”
系列
xì liè
series; set
The closest CC-CEDICT match for series is 系列 (xì liè), defined as: series; set.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “series”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 串行 | chuàn xíng | series; serial (computer) |
| 剧集 (劇集) | jù jí | (serialized TV or Internet drama) show; series |
| 列 | liè | to arrange; to line up |
| 级数 (級數) | jí shù | (math.) series |
| 丛集 (叢集) | cóng jí | to crowd together; to pile up; to cluster; (book) collection; series |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 系列.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 关系 (關係) | guān xi | relation; relationship; connection; to concern; to involve; to affect |
| 系统 (系統) | xì tǒng | system; 个 (gè) |
| 联系 (聯係) | lián xì | variant of 联系 (lián xì) |
| 一系列 | yī xì liè | a series of; a string of |
| 列为 (列為) | liè wéi | to be classified as |
| 列车 (列車) | liè chē | (railway) train |
| 列入 | liè rù | to include on a list |
| 排列 | pái liè | to arrange in order; (math.) permutation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “series”.
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.