Chinese symbol for “hopeless”
没治
méi zhì
Traditional: 沒治
hopeless; helpless; incurable; fantastic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hopeless is 没治 (méi zhì), defined as: hopeless; helpless; incurable; fantastic; out of this world.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hopeless”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不可收拾 | bù kě shōu shi | (idiom) irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless |
| 无望 (無望) | wú wàng | without hope; hopeless |
| 没戏 (沒戲) | méi xì | (coll.) not a chance; no way |
| 没救 (沒救) | méi jiù | beyond saving; hopeless; incurable |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 没治.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 没有 (沒有) | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't |
| 有没有 (有沒有) | yǒu méi yǒu | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...? |
| 没什么 (沒什麼) | méi shén me | it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome |
| 没错 (沒錯) | méi cuò | that's right; sure! |
| 没想到 (沒想到) | méi xiǎng dào | didn't expect |
| 没事 (沒事) | méi shì | it's not important; it's nothing |
| 政治 | zhèng zhì | politics; political |
| 治疗 (治療) | zhì liáo | to treat (an illness); medical treatment |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hopeless”.
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.