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.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “incoherent”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杂碎 (雜碎) | zá sui | offal; cooked minced offal |
| 支离 (支離) | zhī lí | fragmented; disorganized |
| 𪢌哰 (㘓哰) | lán láo | incoherent; unintelligible |
| 颠三倒四 (顛三倒四) | diān sān dǎo sì | confused; disorderly |
| 拉杂 (拉雜) | lā zá | disorganized; rambling |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 狗屁不通.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狗狗 | gǒu gōu | (coll.) dog; doggie |
| 小狗 | xiǎo gǒu | pup; puppy |
| 狗屁 | gǒu pì | bullshit; nonsense |
| 走狗 | zǒu gǒu | hunting dog; hound |
| 狗肉 | gǒu ròu | dog meat |
| 狗屎 | gǒu shǐ | canine excrement; dog poo |
| 屁股 | pì gu | buttocks; bottom |
| 屁眼 | pì yǎn | anus |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 通过 (通過) | tōng guò | to 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.