Chinese symbol for “imperfect”
不完善
bù wán shàn
imperfect
The closest CC-CEDICT match for imperfect is 不完善 (bù wán shàn), defined as: imperfect.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不完善.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 不会 (不會) | bù huì | improbable; unlikely |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct |
| 完全 | wán quán | complete; whole; totally; entirely |
| 完成 | wán chéng | to complete; to accomplish |
| 完美 | wán měi | perfect |
| 改善 | gǎi shàn | to make better; to improve |
See also: Japanese symbol for “imperfect”.
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.