Chinese symbol for “crumpled”
皱巴巴
zhòu bā bā
Traditional: 皺巴巴
wrinkled; crumpled; unironed
The closest CC-CEDICT match for crumpled is 皱巴巴 (zhòu bā bā), defined as: wrinkled; crumpled; unironed.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “crumpled”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挼 | ruá | (dialect) (of paper or cloth) wrinkled; crumpled; (dialect) (of clothes) worn out |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 皱巴巴.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皱纹 (皺紋) | zhòu wén | wrinkle; measure word: 道 (dào) |
| 褶皱 (褶皺) | zhě zhòu | fold; crease; wrinkle; (geology) fold |
| 皱眉 (皺眉) | zhòu méi | to frown; to knit one's brow |
| 皱眉头 (皺眉頭) | zhòu méi tóu | to scowl; to knit the brows |
| 皱褶 (皺褶) | zhòu zhě | creased; wrinkled |
| 巴士 | bā shì | bus (loanword); motor coach |
| 鸡巴 (雞巴) | jī ba | dick; penis (vulgar) |
| 嘴巴 | zuǐ ba | mouth (张 (zhāng)); slap in the face |
| 尾巴 | wěi ba | tail; colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5] |
See also: Japanese symbol for “crumpled”.
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.