Chinese symbol for “disrespect”
冒渎
mào dú
Traditional: 冒瀆
to disrespect; blasphemy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for disrespect is 冒渎 (mào dú), defined as: to disrespect; blasphemy.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “disrespect”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 冒渎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冒险 (冒險) | mào xiǎn | to take risks; to take chances |
| 感冒 | gǎn mào | to catch cold; (common) cold |
| 冒犯 | mào fàn | to offend |
| 假冒 | jiǎ mào | to impersonate; to pose as (someone else) |
| 冒充 | mào chōng | to feign; to pretend to be |
| 冒烟 (冒煙) | mào yān | to discharge smoke; to fume with rage |
| 亵渎 (褻瀆) | xiè dú | (literary) to blaspheme; to desecrate; to profane |
| 渎职 (瀆職) | dú zhí | to engage in malfeasance; derelict in duty |
See also: Japanese symbol for “disrespect”.
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.