Chinese symbol for “discreet”
知趣
zhī qù
to act tactfully; tactful; discreet
The closest CC-CEDICT match for discreet is 知趣 (zhī qù), defined as: to act tactfully; tactful; discreet.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “discreet”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 知趣.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 知识 (知識) | zhī shi | knowledge; 门 (mén) |
| 通知 | tōng zhī | to notify; to inform |
| 不知 | bù zhī | not to know; unaware |
| 知名 | zhī míng | well-known; famous |
| 得知 | dé zhī | to find out; to learn of |
| 兴趣 (興趣) | xìng qù | interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby |
| 有趣 | yǒu qù | interesting; fascinating; amusing |
See also: Japanese symbol for “discreet”.
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.