Chinese symbol for “insolent”
粗野
cū yě
insolent; boorish; rough (in actions)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for insolent is 粗野 (cū yě), defined as: insolent; boorish; rough (in actions).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “insolent”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 粗野.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粗暴 | cū bào | crude; crass; rude; rough; harsh |
| 粗鲁 (粗魯) | cū lǔ | coarse; crude (in one's manner) |
| 粗糙 | cū cāo | crude; gruff |
| 粗大 | cū dà | thick; bulky |
| 粗俗 | cū sú | vulgar |
| 粗略 | cū lüè | rough (not precise or accurate); cursory |
| 野生 | yě shēng | (of animals, plants etc) wild |
| 野蛮 (野蠻) | yě mán | barbarous; uncivilized |
See also: Japanese symbol for “insolent”.
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.