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Chinese symbol for “spurt”

喷射
pēn shè
Traditional: 噴射
to spurt; to spray; to jet; spurt; spray; jet

The closest CC-CEDICT match for spurt is 喷射 (pēn shè), defined as: to spurt; to spray; to jet; spurt; spray; jet.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

喷 pēn
to blow, to puff, to spray, to spurt
radical 30 ⼝ · 12 strokes
射 shè
to shoot, to eject, to emit
radical 41 ⼨ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “spurt”

WordPinyinMeaning
喷 (噴)pēnto spout; to spurt; to spray; to puff; (slang) to criticize scathingly (esp. online)
冲刺 (衝刺)chōng cì(sports) to sprint; to spurt; to dash; to put in a big effort to achieve a goal as the deadline approaches
呠pēnto spurt; to blow out
滋zīto grow; to nourish
迸bèngto burst forth; to spurt

Related words

Other words that share a character with 喷射.

WordPinyinMeaning
喷发 (噴發)pēn fāto erupt; an eruption
喷泉 (噴泉)pēn quánfountain
喷雾 (噴霧)pēn wùmist spray; atomizing
喷出 (噴出)pēn chūspout; spray
喷气 (噴氣)pēn qìto spurt steam (or air etc)
发射 (發射)fā shèto shoot (a projectile); to fire (a rocket)
辐射 (輻射)fú shèto radiate; radiation
射击 (射擊)shè jīto shoot; to fire (a gun)

See also: Japanese symbol for “spurt”.

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.