Chinese symbol for “incompetent”
低能
dī néng
incapable; incompetent; stupid; mentally deficient
The closest CC-CEDICT match for incompetent is 低能 (dī néng), defined as: incapable; incompetent; stupid; mentally deficient.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “incompetent”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 低能.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 降低 | jiàng dī | to reduce; to lower; to bring down |
| 低于 (低於) | dī yú | to be lower than |
| 低下 | dī xià | low status; lowly |
| 高低 | gāo dī | height; level; (music) pitch; relative superiority |
| 低头 (低頭) | dī tóu | to bow the head; to yield |
| 低温 (低溫) | dī wēn | low temperature |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen); possible |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
See also: Japanese symbol for “incompetent”.
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.