Chinese symbol for “carelessness”
疏忽
shū hu
to neglect; to overlook; negligence; carelessness
The closest CC-CEDICT match for carelessness is 疏忽 (shū hu), defined as: to neglect; to overlook; negligence; carelessness.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “carelessness”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 纰 (紕) | pī | error; carelessness |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 疏忽.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疏散 | shū sǎn | idle; leisurely; laid-back; Taiwan pr. [shu1san4] |
| 疏远 (疏遠) | shū yuǎn | to drift apart; to become estranged |
| 疏导 (疏導) | shū dǎo | to dredge; to open up a path for |
| 疏通 | shū tōng | to unblock; to dredge |
| 忽视 (忽視) | hū shì | to neglect; to overlook; to disregard; to ignore |
| 忽略 | hū lüè | to neglect; to overlook; to ignore |
| 忽然 | hū rán | suddenly; all of a sudden |
| 忽悠 | hū you | to rock; to sway |
See also: Japanese symbol for “carelessness”.
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.