Chinese symbol for “acceptable”
说得过去
shuō de guò qù
Traditional: 說得過去
acceptable; passable; justifiable; (of a course of action) to make sense
The closest CC-CEDICT match for acceptable is 说得过去 (shuō de guò qù), defined as: acceptable; passable; justifiable; (of a course of action) to make sense.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “acceptable”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 说得过去.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 说明 (說明) | shuō míng | to explain; to illustrate |
| 小说 (小說) | xiǎo shuō | novel; fiction |
| 说话 (說話) | shuō huà | to speak; to say |
| 听说 (聽說) | tīng shuō | to hear (sth said); one hears (that) |
| 说法 (說法) | shuō fǎ | to expound Buddhist teachings |
| 觉得 (覺得) | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc) |
| 获得 (獲得) | huò dé | to obtain; to receive; to get |
| 得到 | dé dào | to get; to obtain; to receive |
| 通过 (通過) | tōng guò | to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) |
| 过去 (過去) | guò qù | (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by |
See also: Japanese symbol for “acceptable”.
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.