Chinese symbol for “listless”
萎靡
wěi mǐ
listless; dispirited; lacking in vigor; languishing
The closest CC-CEDICT match for listless is 萎靡 (wěi mǐ), defined as: listless; dispirited; lacking in vigor; languishing.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “listless”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 没精打采 (沒精打采) | méi jīng dǎ cǎi | listless; dispirited |
| 委 | wěi | to entrust; to cast aside |
| 无精打采 (無精打采) | wú jīng dǎ cǎi | dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless; in low spirits |
| 惫懒 (憊懶) | bèi lǎn | listless; languid; slothful; indolent |
| 淹头搭脑 (淹頭搭腦) | yān tóu dā nǎo | listless |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 萎靡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 萎缩 (萎縮) | wěi suō | to wither; to dry up (of a plant) |
| 枯萎 | kū wěi | to wilt; to wither |
| 萎靡不振 | wěi mǐ bù zhèn | dispirited and listless (idiom); downcast |
| 阳萎 (陽萎) | yáng wěi | variant of 阳痿 (yáng wěi) |
| 枯萎病 | kū wěi bìng | blight |
| 风靡 (風靡) | fēng mǐ | fashionable; popular |
| 所向披靡 | suǒ xiàng pī mǐ | (idiom) to sweep everything before one; to be invincible |
| 奢靡 | shē mí | extravagant |
See also: Japanese symbol for “listless”.
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.