Chinese symbol for “imbalance”
失调
shī tiáo
Traditional: 失調
imbalance; to become dysfunctional; to lack proper care (after an illness etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for imbalance is 失调 (shī tiáo), defined as: imbalance; to become dysfunctional; to lack proper care (after an illness etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 失调.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 失去 | shī qù | to lose |
| 失败 (失敗) | shī bài | to be defeated; to lose |
| 消失 | xiāo shī | to disappear; to fade away |
| 损失 (損失) | sǔn shī | loss; damage |
| 失望 | shī wàng | disappointed; to lose hope |
| 失业 (失業) | shī yè | unemployment; to lose one's job |
| 调查 (調查) | diào chá | investigation; inquiry |
| 强调 (強調) | qiáng diào | to emphasize (a statement); to stress |
See also: Japanese symbol for “imbalance”.
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.