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Chinese symbol for “impertinent”

不逊
bù xùn
Traditional: 不遜
rude; impertinent

The closest CC-CEDICT match for impertinent is 不逊 (bù xùn), defined as: rude; impertinent.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
逊 xùn
humble, modest; to yield
radical 162 ⾡ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不逊.

WordPinyinMeaning
不是bù shìno; is not
不能bù néngcannot; must not
不会 (不會)bù huìimprobable; unlikely
不过 (不過)bù guòonly; merely
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
逊色 (遜色)xùn sèinferior (often in the combination 毫無遜色|毫无逊色, not in the least inferior)
谦逊 (謙遜)qiān xùnhumble; modest
出言不逊 (出言不遜)chū yán bù xùnto speak rudely

See also: Japanese symbol for “impertinent”.

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.

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