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Chinese symbol for “wholesale”

批发
pī fā
Traditional: 批發
wholesale; bulk trade; distribution

The closest CC-CEDICT match for wholesale is 批发 (pī fā), defined as: wholesale; bulk trade; distribution.

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

批 pī
comment, criticism; batch, lot; wholesale
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
发 fā
to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
radical 29 ⼜ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “wholesale”

WordPinyinMeaning
趸 (躉)dǔnwholesale
趸批 (躉批)dǔn pīwholesale

Related words

Other words that share a character with 批发.

WordPinyinMeaning
批评 (批評)pī píngto criticize; criticism; measure word: 次 (cì), 番 (fān)
批准pī zhǔnto approve; to ratify
批判pī pànto criticize; critique
大批dà pīlarge quantities of
审批 (審批)shěn pīto examine and approve; to endorse
发展 (發展)fā zhǎndevelopment; growth
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")
发现 (發現)fā xiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect

See also: Japanese symbol for “wholesale”.

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.