Chinese symbol for “begrudge”
舍不得
shě bu de
Traditional: 捨不得
to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge
The closest CC-CEDICT match for begrudge is 舍不得 (shě bu de), defined as: to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “begrudge”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惜 | xī | to cherish; to begrudge |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 舍不得.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宿舍 | sù shè | dormitory; dorm room |
| 舍得 (捨得) | shě de | to be willing to part with sth |
| 舍弃 (捨棄) | shě qì | to give up; to abandon |
| 校舍 | xiào shè | school building |
| 施舍 (施捨) | shī shě | to give in charity; to give alms (to the poor) |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 不会 (不會) | bù huì | improbable; unlikely |
| 觉得 (覺得) | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “begrudge”.
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.