Chinese symbol for “overcrowded”
拥挤不堪
yōng jǐ bù kān
Traditional: 擁擠不堪
overcrowded; jam-packed
The closest CC-CEDICT match for overcrowded is 拥挤不堪 (yōng jǐ bù kān), defined as: overcrowded; jam-packed.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “overcrowded”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 拥挤不堪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拥有 (擁有) | yōng yǒu | to have; to possess; to own |
| 拥抱 (擁抱) | yōng bào | to embrace; to hug |
| 拥护 (擁護) | yōng hù | to endorse; to support |
| 拥挤 (擁擠) | yōng jǐ | crowded; to throng |
| 拥堵 (擁堵) | yōng dǔ | (of traffic) to become congested; congestion |
| 拥护者 (擁護者) | yōng hù zhě | supporter (person) |
| 排挤 (排擠) | pái jǐ | to crowd out; to push aside |
| 挤压 (擠壓) | jǐ yā | to squeeze; to compress; (fig.) to crowd out; to put pressure on |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不堪 | bù kān | cannot bear; cannot stand |
See also: Japanese symbol for “overcrowded”.
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.