Chinese symbol for “tunnel”
隧道
suì dào
tunnel
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tunnel is 隧道 (suì dào), defined as: tunnel.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “tunnel”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地道 | dì dào | tunnel; causeway |
| 地洞 | dì dòng | tunnel; cave; burrow; dugout |
| 隧 | suì | tunnel; underground passage |
| 隧洞 | suì dòng | tunnel |
| 坑 | kēng | pit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 隧道.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隧洞 | suì dòng | tunnel |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
| 难道 (難道) | nán dào | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? |
| 道路 | dào lù | road; path |
| 道德 | dào dé | virtue; morality |
| 频道 (頻道) | pín dào | frequency; (television) channel |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tunnel”.
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.