Chinese symbol for “vampire”
吸血鬼
xī xuè guǐ
leech; bloodsucking vermin; vampire (translated European notion); fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vampire is 吸血鬼 (xī xuè guǐ), defined as: leech; bloodsucking vermin; vampire (translated European notion); fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 吸血鬼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吸引 | xī yǐn | to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate |
| 吸收 | xī shōu | to absorb; to assimilate |
| 呼吸 | hū xī | to breathe |
| 吸引力 | xī yǐn lì | attractive force (such as gravitation); sex appeal |
| 吸烟 (吸煙) | xī yān | to smoke |
| 血液 | xuè yè | blood; (fig.) lifeblood |
| 血腥 | xuè xīng | reeking of blood; bloody (events) |
| 流血 | liú xuè | to bleed; to shed blood |
| 魔鬼 | mó guǐ | devil |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vampire”.
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.