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Chinese symbol for “bourgeois”

布尔乔亚
bù ěr qiáo yà
Traditional: 布爾喬亞
(loanword) bourgeois; bourgeoisie

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bourgeois is 布尔乔亚 (bù ěr qiáo yà), defined as: (loanword) bourgeois; bourgeoisie.

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

布 bù
cotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare; to spread
radical 50 ⼱ · 5 strokes
尔 ěr
you; that, those; final particle
radical 42 ⼩ · 5 strokes
乔 qiáo
tall, lofty; proud, stately
radical 4 ⼃ · 6 strokes
亚 yà
Asia; second
radical 7 ⼆ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “bourgeois”

WordPinyinMeaning
中产 (中產)zhōng chǎnmiddle class; bourgeois

Related words

Other words that share a character with 布尔乔亚.

WordPinyinMeaning
发布 (發佈)fā bùvariant of 发布 (fā bù)
宣布 (宣佈)xuān bùvariant of 宣布 (xuān bù)
公布 (公佈)gōng bùvariant of 公布 (gōng bù)
偶尔 (偶爾)ǒu ěroccasionally; once in a while
摩尔 (摩爾)mó ěrmole (chemistry)
高尔夫 (高爾夫)gāo ěr fū(loanword) golf
高尔夫球 (高爾夫球)gāo ěr fū qiúgolf; golf ball
荷尔蒙 (荷爾蒙)hé ěr méng(loanword) hormone
乔木 (喬木)qiáo mùtree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木 (guàn mù), bush or shrub)
南亚 (南亞)nán Yàsouthern Asia

See also: Japanese symbol for “bourgeois”.

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.

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