Chinese symbol for “misuse”
滥用
làn yòng
Traditional: 濫用
to misuse; to abuse
The closest CC-CEDICT match for misuse is 滥用 (làn yòng), defined as: to misuse; to abuse.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “misuse”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 误用 (誤用) | wù yòng | to misuse |
| 错用 (錯用) | cuò yòng | to misuse; to misapply |
| 枉顾 (枉顧) | wǎng gù | to neglect; to misuse |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 滥用.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 泛滥 (氾濫) | fàn làn | to overflow; to inundate; to flood; (fig.) to proliferate unchecked |
| 滥用职权 (濫用職權) | làn yòng zhí quán | abuse of power |
| 滥杀无辜 (濫殺無辜) | làn shā wú gū | willfully slaughter the innocent (idiom) |
| 滥权 (濫權) | làn quán | to abuse one's authority; to misuse power |
| 使用 | shǐ yòng | to use; to employ |
| 利用 | lì yòng | to exploit; to make use of |
| 用户 (用戶) | yòng hù | user; consumer |
| 采用 (採用) | cǎi yòng | to adopt; to employ |
See also: Japanese symbol for “misuse”.
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.