Chinese symbol for “stir”
搅拌
jiǎo bàn
Traditional: 攪拌
to stir; to agitate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stir is 搅拌 (jiǎo bàn), defined as: to stir; to agitate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “stir”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拨动 (撥動) | bō dòng | to stir; to prod |
| 动 (動) | dòng | (of sth) to move; to set in movement |
| 掀动 (掀動) | xiān dòng | to stir; to lift |
| 搅动 (攪動) | jiǎo dòng | to mix; to stir |
| 搅 (攪) | jiǎo | to disturb; to annoy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 搅拌.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 搅乱 (攪亂) | jiǎo luàn | to disrupt; to throw into disorder |
| 搅动 (攪動) | jiǎo dòng | to mix; to stir |
| 搅和 (攪和) | jiǎo huo | to mix; to blend; (fig.) to spoil; to mess up things |
| 打搅 (打攪) | dǎ jiǎo | to disturb; to trouble; to bother |
| 搅局 (攪局) | jiǎo jú | to upset the apple cart; to disrupt things |
| 凉拌 (涼拌) | liáng bàn | to dress cold food with sauce; (slang) there's not much you can do about it (wordplay using 拌 (bàn) instead of its homophone 办 (bàn)) |
| 搅拌机 (攪拌機) | jiǎo bàn jī | blender; food mixer |
| 拌嘴 | bàn zuǐ | to bicker; to squabble |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stir”.
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