Chinese symbol for “burly”
五大三粗
wǔ dà sān cū
burly; strapping; big and strong
The closest CC-CEDICT match for burly is 五大三粗 (wǔ dà sān cū), defined as: burly; strapping; big and strong.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “burly”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 五大三粗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 十五 | shí wǔ | fifteen; 15 |
| 第五 | dì wǔ | fifth |
| 五十 | wǔ shí | fifty |
| 五行 | wǔ xíng | five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 |
| 五四 | wǔ sì | fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles |
| 五星 | wǔ xīng | the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星 |
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
| 三星 | sān xīng | three major stars of the Three Stars 参宿 (Shēn xiù) Chinese constellation; the belt of Orion |
| 粗暴 | cū bào | crude; crass; rude; rough; harsh |
See also: Japanese symbol for “burly”.
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.