Chinese symbol for “slip”
滑
huá
to slip; to slide; slippery; smooth; sly; slippery; not to be trusted
The closest CC-CEDICT match for slip is 滑 (huá), defined as: to slip; to slide; slippery; smooth; sly; slippery; not to be trusted.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “slip”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 失手 | shī shǒu | a slip; miscalculation |
| 滑移 | huá yí | to slip; to drift |
| 转差 (轉差) | zhuǎn chā | to slip (e.g. of clutch); slippage |
| 凭单 (憑單) | píng dān | voucher; slip; certificate (used as proof to claim, collect or access sth); to use such a voucher |
| 失足 | shī zú | to lose one's footing; to slip |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 滑.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 下滑 | xià huá | to slide down (a slope etc); (fig.) to decline |
| 滑雪 | huá xuě | to ski; skiing |
| 滑稽 | huá jī | comical; funny; amusing (old pr. [gu3 ji1]); huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang |
| 光滑 | guāng huá | smooth |
| 滑动 (滑動) | huá dòng | to slide; sliding movement |
| 滑坡 | huá pō | rockslide; landslip |
See also: Japanese symbol for “slip”.
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.