Chinese symbol for “transitional”
过渡性
guò dù xìng
Traditional: 過渡性
transitional; bridging
The closest CC-CEDICT match for transitional is 过渡性 (guò dù xìng), defined as: transitional; bridging.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 过渡性.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 通过 (通過) | tōng guò | to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 过去 (過去) | guò qù | (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by |
| 过程 (過程) | guò chéng | course of events; process |
| 超过 (超過) | chāo guò | to surpass; to exceed |
| 过渡 (過渡) | guò dù | to cross over (by ferry); transition |
| 渡过 (渡過) | dù guò | to cross over; to pass through |
| 引渡 | yǐn dù | to extradite |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
See also: Japanese symbol for “transitional”.
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.