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Chinese symbol for “subscribe”

订购
dìng gòu
Traditional: 訂購
to place an order; to subscribe

The closest CC-CEDICT match for subscribe is 订购 (dìng gòu), defined as: to place an order; to subscribe.

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Characters and stroke order

订 dìng
to make an order; to draw up an agreement
radical 149 ⾔ · 4 strokes
购 gòu
to buy, to purchase
radical 154 ⾙ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “subscribe”

WordPinyinMeaning
认购 (認購)rèn gòuto undertake to purchase sth; to subscribe (to share issue)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 订购.

WordPinyinMeaning
签订 (簽訂)qiān dìngto agree to and sign (a treaty etc)
修订 (修訂)xiū dìngto revise
制订 (制訂)zhì dìngto work out; to formulate
订单 (訂單)dìng dān(purchase) order
订阅 (訂閱)dìng yuèsubscription; to subscribe to
预订 (預訂)yù dìngto place an order; to book ahead
购买 (購買)gòu mǎito purchase; to buy
收购 (收購)shōu gòuto purchase or acquire in bulk or at an official level (esp. by a state or organization); to acquire or take over (a company or equity); acq

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.