Chinese symbol for “wander”
漫步
màn bù
to wander; to ramble; recreational hiking; to perambulate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wander is 漫步 (màn bù), defined as: to wander; to ramble; recreational hiking; to perambulate.
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
Other Chinese words for “wander”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 游荡 (遊蕩) | yóu dàng | to wander; to roam about |
| 云游 (雲遊) | yún yóu | to wander (typically of an errant priest) |
| 游移 | yóu yí | to wander; to shift around |
| 流浪 | liú làng | to drift about; to wander |
| 偏离 (偏離) | piān lí | to deviate; to diverge |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 漫步.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 漫画 (漫畫) | màn huà | comics; cartoon; caricature |
| 浪漫 | làng màn | romantic |
| 漫长 (漫長) | màn cháng | very long; endless |
| 动漫 (動漫) | dòng màn | cartoons and comics; anime and manga |
| 漫画家 (漫畫家) | màn huà jiā | cartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka) |
| 进一步 (進一步) | jìn yī bù | to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further |
| 进步 (進步) | jìn bù | progress; improvement; to improve; to progress |
| 逐步 | zhú bù | progressively; step by step |
See also: Japanese symbol for “wander”.
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.