Chinese symbol for “negligible”
微不足道
wēi bù zú dào
(idiom) negligible; insignificant
The closest CC-CEDICT match for negligible is 微不足道 (wēi bù zú dào), defined as: (idiom) negligible; insignificant.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “negligible”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 渺小 | miǎo xiǎo | minute; tiny |
| 微末 | wēi mò | tiny; negligible |
| 涓埃 | juān āi | tiny stream of dust; tiny things |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 微不足道.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 微博 | wēi bó | microblogging; microblog |
| 微笑 | wēi xiào | smile; 个 (gè),丝 (sī) |
| 稍微 | shāo wēi | a little bit |
| 轻微 (輕微) | qīng wēi | slight; light |
| 微生物 | wēi shēng wù | microorganism |
| 微型 | wēi xíng | miniature; micro-; tiny |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 足球 | zú qiú | soccer; football; a soccer ball; a football |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
See also: Japanese symbol for “negligible”.
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.