Chinese symbol for “contradictory”
矛盾
máo dùn
contradiction; 个 (gè); conflicting views; contradictory
The closest CC-CEDICT match for contradictory is 矛盾 (máo dùn), defined as: contradiction; 个 (gè); conflicting views; contradictory.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “contradictory”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 舛 | chuǎn | mistaken; erroneous |
| 诡 (詭) | guǐ | (bound form) sly; crafty; (literary) weird; bizarre |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 矛盾.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 矛头 (矛頭) | máo tóu | spearhead; barb |
| 自相矛盾 | zì xiāng máo dùn | to contradict oneself; self-contradictory |
| 长矛 (長矛) | cháng máo | pike; lance |
| 闹矛盾 (鬧矛盾) | nào máo dùn | to be at loggerheads; to have a falling out |
| 内部矛盾 (內部矛盾) | nèi bù máo dùn | internal contradiction |
| 盾牌 | dùn pái | shield; pretext |
| 后盾 (後盾) | hòu dùn | support; backing |
| 护盾 (護盾) | hù dùn | (historical weaponry) shield; (gaming, sci-fi) shield; damage-absorbing barrier |
See also: Japanese symbol for “contradictory”.
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.