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Chinese symbol for “simulate”

模拟
mó nǐ
Traditional: 模擬
imitation; to simulate; to imitate; analog (device, as opposed to digital)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for simulate is 模拟 (mó nǐ), defined as: imitation; to simulate; to imitate; analog (device, as opposed to digital).

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Characters and stroke order

模 mó
model, pattern, standard; to copy, to imitate
radical 75 ⽊ · 15 strokes
拟 nǐ
to draft, to plan; to intend
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “simulate”

WordPinyinMeaning
仿真fǎng zhēnto emulate; to simulate
模似mó sìto simulate; to emulate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 模拟.

WordPinyinMeaning
模式mó shìmode; pattern; model
规模 (規模)guī móscale; scope; extent
大规模 (大規模)dà guī mólarge scale; extensive
模型mó xíngmodel; mold
模特mó tè(fashion) model (loanword)
虚拟 (虛擬)xū nǐto imagine; to make up; fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical
拟定 (擬定)nǐ dìngto draw up; to draft
比拟 (比擬)bǐ nǐto compare; to draw a parallel

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.