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Chinese symbol for “incoherent”

狗屁不通
gǒu pì bù tōng
(idiom) (of writing, speech etc) incoherent; nonsensical

The closest CC-CEDICT match for incoherent is 狗屁不通 (gǒu pì bù tōng), defined as: (idiom) (of writing, speech etc) incoherent; nonsensical.

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

狗 gǒu
dog
radical 94 ⽝ · 8 strokes
屁 pì
to break wind, to fart; the buttocks
radical 44 ⼫ · 7 strokes
不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
通 tōng
to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common
radical 162 ⾡ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “incoherent”

WordPinyinMeaning
杂碎 (雜碎)zá suioffal; cooked minced offal
支离 (支離)zhī lífragmented; disorganized
𪢌哰 (㘓哰)lán láoincoherent; unintelligible
颠三倒四 (顛三倒四)diān sān dǎo sìconfused; disorderly
拉杂 (拉雜)lā zádisorganized; rambling

Related words

Other words that share a character with 狗屁不通.

WordPinyinMeaning
狗狗gǒu gōu(coll.) dog; doggie
小狗xiǎo gǒupup; puppy
狗屁gǒu pìbullshit; nonsense
走狗zǒu gǒuhunting dog; hound
狗肉gǒu ròudog meat
狗屎gǒu shǐcanine excrement; dog poo
屁股pì gubuttocks; bottom
屁眼pì yǎnanus
不是bù shìno; is not
通过 (通過)tōng guòto pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation)

See also: Japanese symbol for “incoherent”.

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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