Chinese symbol for “impractical”
酸
suān
sour; tart; sick at heart; grieved
The closest CC-CEDICT match for impractical is 酸 (suān), defined as: sour; tart; sick at heart; grieved; sore; aching.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “impractical”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不切实际 (不切實際) | bù qiè shí jì | unrealistic; impractical |
| 迂远 (迂遠) | yū yuǎn | impractical |
| 架空 | jià kōng | to build (a hut etc) on stilts; to install (power lines etc) overhead |
| 不切合实际 (不切合實際) | bù qiè hé shí jì | impractical; not conforming to reality |
| 迂拙 | yū zhuō | stupid; impractical |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 酸.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 氨基酸 | ān jī suān | amino acid |
| 酸性 | suān xìng | acidity |
| 硫酸 | liú suān | sulfuric acid |
| 酸奶 | suān nǎi | yogurt |
| 核酸 | hé suān | nucleic acid; (coll.) nucleic acid test (abbr. for 核酸检测 (hé suān jiǎn cè)) |
| 硝酸 | xiāo suān | nitric acid |
See also: Japanese symbol for “impractical”.
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.