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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不逊.
| 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 |
| 逊色 (遜色) | xùn sè | inferior (often in the combination 毫無遜色|毫无逊色, not in the least inferior) |
| 谦逊 (謙遜) | qiān xùn | humble; modest |
| 出言不逊 (出言不遜) | chū yán bù xùn | to 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.