Chinese symbol for “effortless”
毫不费力
háo bù fèi lì
Traditional: 毫不費力
effortless; not expending the slightest effort
The closest CC-CEDICT match for effortless is 毫不费力 (háo bù fèi lì), defined as: effortless; not expending the slightest effort.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “effortless”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 轻松 (輕鬆) | qīng sōng | light; gentle |
| 轻快 (輕快) | qīng kuài | light and quick; brisk |
| 不费吹灰之力 (不費吹灰之力) | bù fèi chuī huī zhī lì | as easy as blowing off dust; effortless |
| 措置裕如 | cuò zhì yù rú | to handle easily (idiom); effortless |
| 丝滑 (絲滑) | sī huá | (of food, skin, hair etc) silky; smooth; (fig.) smooth; effortless; seamless |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 毫不费力.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毫无 (毫無) | háo wú | not in the least; to completely lack |
| 毫米 | háo mǐ | millimeter |
| 丝毫 (絲毫) | sī háo | the slightest amount or degree; a bit |
| 毫不 | háo bù | hardly; not in the least |
| 毫无疑问 (毫無疑問) | háo wú yí wèn | certainty; without a doubt |
| 毫克 | háo kè | milligram |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 免费 (免費) | miǎn fèi | free (of charge) |
| 能力 | néng lì | capability; ability |
See also: Japanese symbol for “effortless”.
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.