Chinese symbol for “infrequently”

不大

bù dà

not very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently

The closest CC-CEDICT match for infrequently is 不大 (bù dà), defined as: not very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently.

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Characters and stroke order

不 bù

no, not, un-; negative prefix

radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes

大 dà

big, great, vast, high, deep

radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不大.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
不是	bù shì	no; is not
不能	bù néng	cannot; must not
不会 (不會)	bù huì	improbable; unlikely
不过 (不過)	bù guò	only; merely
不同	bù tóng	different; distinct
大学 (大學)	dà xué	university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
大家	dà jiā	everyone; influential family
大量	dà liàng	great amount; large quantity

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.