Chinese symbol for “negligent”
粗心大意
cū xīn dà yì
negligent; careless; inadvertent
The closest CC-CEDICT match for negligent is 粗心大意 (cū xīn dà yì), defined as: negligent; careless; inadvertent.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “negligent”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 随便 (隨便) | suí biàn | as one wishes; as one pleases |
| 懒散 (懶散) | lǎn sǎn | indolent; negligent; slack |
| 疏 | shū | to dredge; to clear away obstruction |
| 麻痹 (麻痺) | má bì | paralysis; palsy |
| 草率 | cǎo shuài | careless; negligent |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 粗心大意.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粗暴 | cū bào | crude; crass; rude; rough; harsh |
| 粗鲁 (粗魯) | cū lǔ | coarse; crude (in one's manner) |
| 粗糙 | cū cāo | crude; gruff |
| 粗大 | cū dà | thick; bulky |
| 粗俗 | cū sú | vulgar |
| 粗略 | cū lüè | rough (not precise or accurate); cursory |
| 中心 | zhōng xīn | center; heart; core |
| 担心 (擔心) | dān xīn | anxious; worried |
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 注意 | zhù yì | to take note of; to pay attention to |
See also: Japanese symbol for “negligent”.
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.