Chinese symbol for “kitsch”
媚俗
mèi sú
to cater to the public's taste; kitsch; commercial
The closest CC-CEDICT match for kitsch is 媚俗 (mèi sú), defined as: to cater to the public's taste; kitsch; commercial.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 媚俗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 妩媚 (嫵媚) | wǔ mèi | lovely; charming |
| 明媚 | míng mèi | bright and beautiful |
| 谄媚 (諂媚) | chǎn mèi | to flatter |
| 阳光明媚 (陽光明媚) | yáng guāng míng mèi | the sun shines brightly (idiom) |
| 媚外 | mèi wài | to fawn on foreigners; to pander to foreign powers |
| 娇媚 (嬌媚) | jiāo mèi | flirtatious; coquettish |
| 习俗 (習俗) | xí sú | custom; tradition |
| 俗称 (俗稱) | sú chēng | commonly referred to as; common term |
See also: Japanese symbol for “kitsch”.
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.