Chinese symbol for “bum”
瘪三
biē sān
Traditional: 癟三
(Wu dialect) bum; wretched-looking tramp who lives by begging or stealing
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bum is 瘪三 (biē sān), defined as: (Wu dialect) bum; wretched-looking tramp who lives by begging or stealing.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “bum”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 瘪三.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 干瘪 (乾癟) | gān biě | dried out; wizened |
| 受瘪 (受癟) | shòu biě | discomfited; to get into a mess |
| 吃瘪 (吃癟) | chī biě | (coll.) to suffer a humiliation |
| 瘪螺痧 (癟螺痧) | biě luó shā | cholera (with dehydration) |
| 瘪陷 (癟陷) | biě xiàn | deflated |
| 三星 | sān xīng | three major stars of the Three Stars 参宿 (Shēn xiù) Chinese constellation; the belt of Orion |
| 三次 | sān cì | third; three times |
| 三级 (三級) | sān jí | grade 3; third class |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bum”.
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.