Chinese symbol for “nonchalant”
若无其事
ruò wú qí shì
Traditional: 若無其事
(idiom) as if nothing had happened; calm and composed; nonchalant
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nonchalant is 若无其事 (ruò wú qí shì), defined as: (idiom) as if nothing had happened; calm and composed; nonchalant.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “nonchalant”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 若无其事.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 若干 | ruò gān | a certain number or amount; how many? |
| 倘若 | tǎng ruò | if; supposing; in case |
| 假若 | jiǎ ruò | if; supposing |
| 若非 | ruò fēi | were it not for; if not for |
| 般若 | bō rě | (Buddhism) wisdom; insight into the true nature of reality (from Sanskrit prajñā) |
| 无法 (無法) | wú fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 无论 (無論) | wú lùn | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... |
| 毫无 (毫無) | háo wú | not in the least; to completely lack |
| 其他 | qí tā | other; (sth or sb) else |
| 事件 | shì jiàn | incident; event |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nonchalant”.
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.