Chinese symbol for “switchboard”
总机
zǒng jī
Traditional: 總機
central exchange; telephone exchange; switchboard
The closest CC-CEDICT match for switchboard is 总机 (zǒng jī), defined as: central exchange; telephone exchange; switchboard.
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
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 总机.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 总统 (總統) | zǒng tǒng | president (of a country) |
| 总是 (總是) | zǒng shì | always |
| 总理 (總理) | zǒng lǐ | premier; prime minister |
| 总结 (總結) | zǒng jié | to sum up; to conclude |
| 总部 (總部) | zǒng bù | headquarters |
| 总之 (總之) | zǒng zhī | in a word; in short |
| 机构 (機構) | jī gòu | mechanism; structure |
| 机会 (機會) | jī huì | opportunity; chance |
See also: Japanese symbol for “switchboard”.
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.