Chinese symbol for “hardly”
毫不
háo bù
hardly; not in the least; not at all
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hardly is 毫不 (háo bù), defined as: hardly; not in the least; not at all.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “hardly”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 毫不.
| 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 |
| 不会 (不會) | bù huì | improbable; unlikely |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hardly”.
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.