Chinese symbol for “volunteer”
志愿者
zhì yuàn zhě
Traditional: 志願者
volunteer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for volunteer is 志愿者 (zhì yuàn zhě), defined as: volunteer.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “volunteer”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自愿者 (自願者) | zì yuàn zhě | volunteer; consenting participant |
| 义务 (義務) | yì wù | duty; obligation (项 (xiàng)); volunteer (work etc) |
| 志愿 (志願) | zhì yuàn | aspiration; ambition |
| 志工 | zhì gōng | (Tw) a volunteer |
| 义警 (義警) | yì jǐng | vigilante; volunteer (police) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 志愿者.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 同志 | tóng zhì | comrade; (slang) homosexual |
| 杂志 (雜誌) | zá zhì | magazine; measure word: 本 (běn), 份 (fèn), 期 (qī) |
| 标志 (標誌) | biāo zhì | sign; mark; symbol; logo; to symbolize; to indicate; to mark |
| 意志 | yì zhì | will; willpower; determination |
| 志愿 (志願) | zhì yuàn | aspiration; ambition |
| 愿意 (願意) | yuàn yì | to wish; to want |
| 愿望 (願望) | yuàn wàng | desire; wish |
| 自愿 (自願) | zì yuàn | voluntary |
| 记者 (記者) | jì zhě | reporter; journalist; 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “volunteer”.
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.