Chinese symbol for “involuntarily”
不由自主
bù yóu zì zhǔ
(idiom) can't help but; involuntarily
The closest CC-CEDICT match for involuntarily is 不由自主 (bù yóu zì zhǔ), defined as: (idiom) can't help but; involuntarily.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “involuntarily”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不由自主.
| 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 |
| 由于 (由於) | yóu yú | due to; as a result of |
| 自由 | zì yóu | freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted |
| 理由 | lǐ yóu | reason; grounds |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
See also: Japanese symbol for “involuntarily”.
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.