Chinese symbol for “nasty”
恶劣
è liè
Traditional: 惡劣
vile; nasty; of very poor quality
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nasty is 恶劣 (è liè), defined as: vile; nasty; of very poor quality.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “nasty”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 缺德 | quē dé | mean; nasty; reprehensible; unprincipled |
| 损 (損) | sǔn | (bound form) to decrease; to diminish; (bound form) to harm; to damage |
| 龌浊 (齷濁) | wò zhuó | filthy; nasty |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 恶劣.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 邪恶 (邪惡) | xié è | sinister; vicious |
| 恶心 (噁心) | ě xīn | variant of 恶心 (ě xīn) |
| 恶化 (惡化) | è huà | to worsen |
| 劣势 (劣勢) | liè shì | inferior; disadvantaged |
| 低劣 | dī liè | inferior quality; substandard |
| 劣质 (劣質) | liè zhì | shoddy; of poor quality |
| 卑劣 | bēi liè | base; mean |
| 优劣 (優劣) | yōu liè | good and bad; merits and drawbacks |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nasty”.
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.