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Chinese symbol for “vibrant”

生机勃勃
shēng jī bó bó
Traditional: 生機勃勃
(idiom) vibrant; full of vitality

The closest CC-CEDICT match for vibrant is 生机勃勃 (shēng jī bó bó), defined as: (idiom) vibrant; full of vitality.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

生 shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
radical 100 ⽣ · 5 strokes
机 jī
desk; machine; moment, opportunity
radical 75 ⽊ · 6 strokes
勃 bó
thriving, prosperous; sudden, quick
radical 19 ⼒ · 9 strokes
勃
勃 bó
thriving, prosperous; sudden, quick
radical 19 ⼒ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “vibrant”

WordPinyinMeaning
生气勃勃 (生氣勃勃)shēng qì bó bó(idiom) vibrant; full of vitality
生气蓬勃 (生氣蓬勃)shēng qì péng bóvibrant; full of vitality
明丽 (明麗)míng lìbright and beautiful; (of a landscape) gorgeous
欢势 (歡勢)huān shilively; full of vigor
欢实 (歡實)huān shilively; full of vigor

Related words

Other words that share a character with 生机勃勃.

WordPinyinMeaning
发生 (發生)fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises")
生活shēng huóto live; life
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild
生产 (生產)shēng chǎnto produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child
产生 (產生)chǎn shēngto arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate
先生xiān shengteacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)
机构 (機構)jī gòumechanism; structure
机会 (機會)jī huìopportunity; chance
勃起bó qǐerection; to have an erection
蓬勃péng bóvigorous; flourishing; full of vitality

See also: Japanese symbol for “vibrant”.

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.