Chinese symbol for “dogged”
紧咬不放
jǐn yǎo bù fàng
Traditional: 緊咬不放
(idiom) unwilling to let go; like a dog with a bone; dogged
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dogged is 紧咬不放 (jǐn yǎo bù fàng), defined as: (idiom) unwilling to let go; like a dog with a bone; dogged.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 紧咬不放.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 紧张 (緊張) | jǐn zhāng | nervous; keyed up |
| 紧急 (緊急) | jǐn jí | urgent; emergency |
| 赶紧 (趕緊) | gǎn jǐn | hurriedly; without delay |
| 紧密 (緊密) | jǐn mì | inseparably close |
| 抓紧 (抓緊) | zhuā jǐn | to keep a firm grip on; to pay close attention to |
| 紧紧 (緊緊) | jǐn jǐn | closely; tightly |
| 咬伤 (咬傷) | yǎo shāng | bite (e.g. snake bite, mosquito bite) |
| 咬牙 | yǎo yá | to clench one's teeth; to grind the teeth |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 开放 (開放) | kāi fàng | to bloom; to open |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dogged”.
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.