Chinese symbol for “gauche”
别扭
biè niu
Traditional: 彆扭
awkward; difficult; uncomfortable; not agreeing
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gauche is 别扭 (biè niu), defined as: awkward; difficult; uncomfortable; not agreeing; at loggerheads; gauche.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 别扭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 特别 (特別) | tè bié | unusual; special; very; especially; particularly |
| 别人 (別人) | bié ren | other people; others; other person |
| 分别 (分別) | fēn bié | to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart |
| 区别 (區別) | qū bié | difference; to distinguish |
| 别的 (別的) | bié de | else; other |
| 性别 (性別) | xìng bié | sex; gender |
| 扭曲 | niǔ qū | to twist; to warp |
| 扭转 (扭轉) | niǔ zhuǎn | to reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gauche”.
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.