Chinese symbol for “irreversible”

不可逆转

bù kě nì zhuǎn

Traditional: 不可逆轉

irreversible

The closest CC-CEDICT match for irreversible is 不可逆转 (bù kě nì zhuǎn), defined as: irreversible.

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Characters and stroke order

不 bù

no, not, un-; negative prefix

radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes

可 kě

may, can, -able; possibly

radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes

逆 nì

to disobey, to rebel; traitor, rebel

radical 162 ⾡ · 10 strokes

转 zhuǎn

to move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle; to forward mail

radical 159 ⾞ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

轉 zhuǎn

Other Chinese words for “irreversible”

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
不可挽回	bù kě wǎn huí	irreversible
不可逆	bù kě nì	irreversible

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不可逆转.

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
可以	kě yǐ	can; may
可能	kě néng	might (happen); possible
可是	kě shì	but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
逆转 (逆轉)	nì zhuǎn	to turn back; to reverse
转移 (轉移)	zhuǎn yí	to shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc)

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.