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Chinese symbol for “throughput”

吞吐量
tūn tǔ liàng
throughput

The closest CC-CEDICT match for throughput is 吞吐量 (tūn tǔ liàng), defined as: throughput.

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Characters and stroke order

吞 tūn
to absorb, to annex; to engulf; to swallow
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes
吐 tǔ
to vomit, to spew out, to cough up; to say
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes
量 liàng
measure, volume; amount, quantity
radical 166 ⾥ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “throughput”

WordPinyinMeaning
处理能力 (處理能力)chǔ lǐ néng lìprocessing capability; throughput

Related words

Other words that share a character with 吞吐量.

WordPinyinMeaning
吞噬tūn shìto swallow; to engulf
吞并 (吞併)tūn bìngto annex
侵吞qīn tūnto annex; to swallow (up)
吞没 (吞沒)tūn mòto embezzle; to swallow up
忍气吞声 (忍氣吞聲)rěn qì tūn shēngto submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence; to swallow one's anger
呕吐 (嘔吐)ǒu tùto vomit
吐露tǔ lùto tell; to disclose
吐槽tǔ cáo(coll.) to complain humorously; to gripe about (sth) in a teasing way; also pr. [tu4cao2]
力量lì liangpower; force; strength

See also: Japanese symbol for “throughput”.

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.