Chinese symbol for “grievance”
怨气
yuàn qì
Traditional: 怨氣
grievance; resentment; complaint
The closest CC-CEDICT match for grievance is 怨气 (yuàn qì), defined as: grievance; resentment; complaint.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “grievance”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 积怨 (積怨) | jī yuàn | grievance; accumulated rancor |
| 苦境 | kǔ jìng | grievance; dire straits |
| 不平 | bù píng | uneven; injustice |
| 冤 | yuān | injustice; grievance |
| 诉苦 (訴苦) | sù kǔ | to grumble; to complain |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 怨气.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抱怨 | bào yuàn | to complain; to grumble |
| 埋怨 | mán yuàn | to complain; to grumble (about) |
| 怨恨 | yuàn hèn | to resent; to harbor a grudge against |
| 恩怨 | ēn yuàn | gratitude and grudges; resentment |
| 怨言 | yuàn yán | complaint |
| 天气 (天氣) | tiān qì | weather |
| 空气 (空氣) | kōng qì | air; atmosphere |
| 气候 (氣候) | qì hòu | (meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “grievance”.
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.