Chinese symbol for “overbearing”
咄咄逼人
duō duō bī rén
overbearing; forceful; aggressive; menacing
The closest CC-CEDICT match for overbearing is 咄咄逼人 (duō duō bī rén), defined as: overbearing; forceful; aggressive; menacing; imperious.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “overbearing”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 盛气凌人 (盛氣凌人) | shèng qì líng rén | overbearing; arrogant bully |
| 霸道 | bà dào | the Way of the Hegemon; abbr. for 霸王之道 |
| 骄横 (驕橫) | jiāo hèng | arrogant; overbearing |
| 亢 | kàng | high; overbearing |
| 牛气 (牛氣) | niú qi | (coll.) haughty; overbearing |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 咄咄逼人.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咄咄怪事 | duō duō guài shì | (idiom) extraordinary occurrence; bizarre event |
| 咄咄 | duō duō | to cluck one's tongue; tut-tut |
| 叱咄 | chì duō | to reprimand; to berate |
| 咄咄称奇 (咄咄稱奇) | duō duō chēng qí | to cluck one's tongue in wonder |
| 逼近 | bī jìn | to press on towards; to close in on |
| 逼迫 | bī pò | to force; to compel |
| 逼真 | bī zhēn | lifelike; true to life |
| 逼人 | bī rén | pressing; threatening |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “overbearing”.
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.