Chinese symbol for “translucent”
半透明
bàn tòu míng
translucent; semitransparent
The closest CC-CEDICT match for translucent is 半透明 (bàn tòu míng), defined as: translucent; semitransparent.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “translucent”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开光 (開光) | kāi guāng | eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism); to consecrate |
| 透光 | tòu guāng | transparent; translucent |
| 透亮 | tòu liàng | bright; shining |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 半透明.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一半 | yī bàn | half |
| 半岛 (半島) | bàn dǎo | peninsula |
| 半年 | bàn nián | half a year |
| 半个 (半個) | bàn ge | half of sth |
| 半数 (半數) | bàn shù | half the number; half |
| 上半年 | shàng bàn nián | first half of the year |
| 透过 (透過) | tòu guò | to pass through; to penetrate; by means of; via |
| 透露 | tòu lù | to leak out; to divulge |
| 说明 (說明) | shuō míng | to explain; to illustrate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “translucent”.
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.