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Chinese symbol for “outspoken”

没心眼
méi xīn yǎn
Traditional: 沒心眼
outspoken; artless; tactless

The closest CC-CEDICT match for outspoken is 没心眼 (méi xīn yǎn), defined as: outspoken; artless; tactless.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

没 méi
not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown
radical 85 ⽔ · 7 strokes
心 xīn
heart; mind; soul
radical 61 ⼼ · 4 strokes
眼 yǎn
eyelet, hole, opening
radical 109 ⽬ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “outspoken”

WordPinyinMeaning
了当 (了當)liǎo dàngfrank; outspoken; ready; settled; in order
直爽zhí shuǎngstraightforward; outspoken
直来直往 (直來直往)zhí lái zhí wǎngblunt; outspoken

Related words

Other words that share a character with 没心眼.

WordPinyinMeaning
没有 (沒有)méi yǒuhaven't; hasn't
有没有 (有沒有)yǒu méi yǒu(before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?
没什么 (沒什麼)méi shén meit doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome
没错 (沒錯)méi cuòthat's right; sure!
没想到 (沒想到)méi xiǎng dàodidn't expect
没事 (沒事)méi shìit's not important; it's nothing
中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
担心 (擔心)dān xīnanxious; worried
眼睛yǎn jingeye; 只 (zhī),双 (shuāng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “outspoken”.

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.

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