Chinese symbol for “translation”
译本
yì běn
Traditional: 譯本
translation (translated version of a text)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for translation is 译本 (yì běn), defined as: translation (translated version of a text).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “translation”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平移 | píng yí | translation (geometry) |
| 翻译 (翻譯) | fān yì | to translate; to interpret |
| 换算 (換算) | huàn suàn | to convert; conversion |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 译本.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 翻译 (翻譯) | fān yì | to translate; to interpret |
| 编译 (編譯) | biān yì | to translate and edit; translator-editor |
| 音译 (音譯) | yīn yì | transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters); characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or |
| 译文 (譯文) | yì wén | translated text |
| 破译 (破譯) | pò yì | to decipher; to decode |
| 根本 | gēn běn | fundamental; basic |
| 基本 | jī běn | basic; fundamental |
| 版本 | bǎn běn | version; edition |
See also: Japanese symbol for “translation”.
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.