Chinese symbol for “negation”
否定
fǒu dìng
to negate; to deny; to reject; negative (answer)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for negation is 否定 (fǒu dìng), defined as: to negate; to deny; to reject; negative (answer); negation.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 否定.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 是否 | shì fǒu | whether (or not); if |
| 否则 (否則) | fǒu zé | otherwise; if not; or (else) |
| 否认 (否認) | fǒu rèn | to declare to be untrue; to deny |
| 能否 | néng fǒu | whether one can; whether it is possible |
| 否决 (否決) | fǒu jué | to veto; to overrule |
| 决定 (決定) | jué dìng | to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng)) |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled |
| 规定 (規定) | guī dìng | to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations |
See also: Japanese symbol for “negation”.
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.