Chinese symbol for “irrelevant”
文不对题
wén bù duì tí
Traditional: 文不對題
irrelevant; beside the point
The closest CC-CEDICT match for irrelevant is 文不对题 (wén bù duì tí), defined as: irrelevant; beside the point.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “irrelevant”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无关痛痒 (無關痛癢) | wú guān tòng yǎng | (idiom) to not affect sb; irrelevant; of no importance; insignificant |
| 孤立 | gū lì | to isolate; isolated |
| 不着边际 (不著邊際) | bù zhuó biān jì | not to the point; wide of the mark |
| 风马牛不相及 (風馬牛不相及) | fēng mǎ niú bù xiāng jí | to be completely unrelated to one another (idiom); irrelevant |
| 驴唇不对马嘴 (驢唇不對馬嘴) | lǘ chún bù duì mǎ zuǐ | (lit.) a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (saying); (fig.) wide of the mark; irrelevant; incongruous |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 文不对题.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 文化 | wén huà | culture; civilization |
| 文章 | wén zhāng | article; essay |
| 文件 | wén jiàn | document; file |
| 文学 (文學) | wén xué | literature |
| 文明 | wén míng | civilized; civilization |
| 文字 | wén zì | character; script |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 对于 (對於) | duì yú | regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to |
| 问题 (問題) | wèn tí | question; problem |
See also: Japanese symbol for “irrelevant”.
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.