Chinese symbol for “zoom”
变焦
biàn jiāo
Traditional: 變焦
(photography) zoom
The closest CC-CEDICT match for zoom is 变焦 (biàn jiāo), defined as: (photography) zoom.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “zoom”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 变焦.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 改变 (改變) | gǎi biàn | to change; to alter |
| 变化 (變化) | biàn huà | (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation |
| 变成 (變成) | biàn chéng | to change into; to turn into |
| 变得 (變得) | biàn de | to become |
| 转变 (轉變) | zhuǎn biàn | to change; to transform |
| 变态 (變態) | biàn tài | to metamorphose (biology); abnormal |
| 焦点 (焦點) | jiāo diǎn | (lit. and fig.) focal point; focus |
| 焦虑 (焦慮) | jiāo lǜ | anxious; worried |
See also: Japanese symbol for “zoom”.
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.