Chinese symbol for “defiant”
不服气
bù fú qì
Traditional: 不服氣
unwilling to concede; defiant; indignant; to find it galling
The closest CC-CEDICT match for defiant is 不服气 (bù fú qì), defined as: unwilling to concede; defiant; indignant; to find it galling.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “defiant”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不服气.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 不会 (不會) | bù huì | improbable; unlikely |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct |
| 服务 (服務) | fú wù | to serve; service |
| 衣服 | yī fu | clothes; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 套 (tào) |
| 服装 (服裝) | fú zhuāng | dress; clothing |
| 天气 (天氣) | tiān qì | weather |
See also: Japanese symbol for “defiant”.
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.