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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.

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

拥 yōng
to have, to hold; to embrace, to hug; to flock, to throng
radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes
挤 jǐ
to squeeze, to push against; crowded
radical 64 ⼿ · 9 strokes
不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
堪 kān
to endure; adequate, capable, worthy
radical 32 ⼟ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “overcrowded”

WordPinyinMeaning
人满为患 (人滿為患)rén mǎn wéi huànpacked with people; overcrowded

Related words

Other words that share a character with 拥挤不堪.

WordPinyinMeaning
拥有 (擁有)yōng yǒuto have; to possess; to own
拥抱 (擁抱)yōng bàoto embrace; to hug
拥护 (擁護)yōng hùto endorse; to support
拥挤 (擁擠)yōng jǐcrowded; to throng
拥堵 (擁堵)yōng dǔ(of traffic) to become congested; congestion
拥护者 (擁護者)yōng hù zhěsupporter (person)
排挤 (排擠)pái jǐto crowd out; to push aside
挤压 (擠壓)jǐ yāto squeeze; to compress; (fig.) to crowd out; to put pressure on
不是bù shìno; is not
不堪bù kāncannot 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.

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