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Chinese symbol for “walkman”

随身听
suí shēn tīng
Traditional: 隨身聽
Walkman (trademark); portable stereo

The closest CC-CEDICT match for walkman is 随身听 (suí shēn tīng), defined as: Walkman (trademark); portable stereo.

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

随 suí
to follow, to listen to, to submit to
radical 170 ⾩ · 11 strokes
身 shēn
body, torso; person; pregnancy
radical 158 ⾝ · 7 strokes
听 tīng
to hear, to listen; to understand; to obey
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “walkman”

WordPinyinMeaning
袖珍音响 (袖珍音響)xiù zhēn yīn xiǎngpocket stereo; walkman

Related words

Other words that share a character with 随身听.

WordPinyinMeaning
随着 (隨著)suí zhealong with; in the wake of
随后 (隨後)suí hòuafterward; later; subsequently; following that
随时 (隨時)suí shíat any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary
随便 (隨便)suí biànas one wishes; as one pleases
随意 (隨意)suí yìas one wishes; according to one's wishes
随即 (隨即)suí jíimmediately; presently
身体 (身體)shēn tǐthe body; one's health
身上shēn shangon the body; at hand
听到 (聽到)tīng dàoto hear

See also: Japanese symbol for “walkman”.

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.

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