Chinese symbol for “fatigue”
疲劳
pí láo
Traditional: 疲勞
fatigue; wearily; weariness; weary
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fatigue is 疲劳 (pí láo), defined as: fatigue; wearily; weariness; weary.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “fatigue”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 劳 (勞) | láo | (bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer |
| 疲劳症 (疲勞症) | pí láo zhèng | fatigue |
| 𣨼 (殢) | tì | fatigue |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 疲劳.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疲惫 (疲憊) | pí bèi | beaten; exhausted |
| 疲倦 | pí juàn | to tire; tired |
| 疲软 (疲軟) | pí ruǎn | tired and feeble |
| 疲惫不堪 (疲憊不堪) | pí bèi bù kān | exhausted; fatigued to the extreme |
| 精疲力竭 | jīng pí lì jié | spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom); spent; drained |
| 劳动 (勞動) | láo dòng | work; toil |
| 劳动力 (勞動力) | láo dòng lì | labor force; manpower |
| 劳工 (勞工) | láo gōng | labor; laborer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fatigue”.
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.