Chinese symbol for “condescending”
目中无人
mù zhōng wú rén
Traditional: 目中無人
to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters; condescending; to go about with one's nose in the air
The closest CC-CEDICT match for condescending is 目中无人 (mù zhōng wú rén), defined as: to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters; condescending; to go about with one's nose in the air.
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Characters and stroke order
中 zhōng
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Ch
radical 2 ⼁ · 4 strokes
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “condescending”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 目空一切 | mù kōng yī qiè | the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant; condescending |
| 屈尊俯就 | qū zūn fǔ jiù | to condescend; condescending |
| 目空四海 | mù kōng sì hǎi | the eye can see nothing worthwhile all around (idiom); arrogant; condescending |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 目中无人.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 目前 | mù qián | at the present time; currently |
| 项目 (項目) | xiàng mù | item; project; (sports) event |
| 目标 (目標) | mù biāo | target; goal |
| 目的 | mù dì | purpose; aim; goal; target; objective |
| 节目 (節目) | jié mù | (TV or radio) program; show; item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) |
| 目录 (目錄) | mù lù | catalog; table of contents |
| 其中 | qí zhōng | among; in |
| 中心 | zhōng xīn | center; heart; core |
| 无法 (無法) | wú fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “condescending”.
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.