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Chinese symbol for “impressive”

不俗
bù sú
impressive; out of the ordinary

The closest CC-CEDICT match for impressive is 不俗 (bù sú), defined as: impressive; out of the ordinary.

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Characters and stroke order

不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
俗 sú
social customs; vulgar, unrefined
radical 9 ⼈ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “impressive”

WordPinyinMeaning
气派 (氣派)qì pàiimpressive; stylish
亮眼liàng yǎneye-catching; striking; impressive; sighted eyes; functioning eyes
风光 (風光)fēng guāngscene; view
大气 (大氣)dà qìatmosphere (surrounding the earth); imposing; impressive; stylish
蔚wèiArtemisia japonica; luxuriant

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不俗.

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
习俗 (習俗)xí súcustom; tradition
俗称 (俗稱)sú chēngcommonly referred to as; common term
风俗 (風俗)fēng súsocial custom; 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “impressive”.

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.