Chinese symbol for “aloof”
无动于衷
wú dòng yú zhōng
Traditional: 無動於衷
aloof; indifferent; unconcerned
The closest CC-CEDICT match for aloof is 无动于衷 (wú dòng yú zhōng), defined as: aloof; indifferent; unconcerned.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “aloof”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 超然 | chāo rán | aloof; detached; disinterested; impartial |
| 矜持 | jīn chí | reserved; aloof |
| 落落寡合 | luò luò guǎ hé | aloof; standoffish |
| 高冷 | gāo lěng | reserved; aloof |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 无动于衷.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无法 (無法) | wú fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 无论 (無論) | wú lùn | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... |
| 毫无 (毫無) | háo wú | not in the least; to completely lack |
| 无限 (無限) | wú xiàn | unlimited; unbounded; infinite |
| 无关 (無關) | wú guān | unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) |
| 无数 (無數) | wú shù | countless; numberless |
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 对于 (對於) | duì yú | regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to |
| 热衷 (熱衷) | rè zhōng | to feel strongly about; to be fond of |
See also: Japanese symbol for “aloof”.
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.