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Chinese symbol for “overwhelming”

压倒性
yā dǎo xìng
Traditional: 壓倒性
overwhelming

The closest CC-CEDICT match for overwhelming is 压倒性 (yā dǎo xìng), defined as: overwhelming.

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

压 yā
press; oppress; crush; pressure
radical 27 ⼚ · 6 strokes
倒 dǎo
to collapse, to fall over; to lie down
radical 9 ⼈ · 10 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “overwhelming”

WordPinyinMeaning
滔天tāo tiān(of waves, anger, a disaster, a crime etc) towering; overwhelming; immense
压倒 (壓倒)yā dǎoto overwhelm; to overpower
浩然hào ránvast; expansive
泼天 (潑天)pō tiānenormous; immense; overwhelming

Related words

Other words that share a character with 压倒性.

WordPinyinMeaning
压力 (壓力)yā lìpressure
镇压 (鎮壓)zhèn yāsuppression; repression
压迫 (壓迫)yā pòto oppress; to repress
压缩 (壓縮)yā suōto compress; compression
压制 (壓制)yā zhìto suppress; to inhibit
高压 (高壓)gāo yā(physics) high pressure; (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure
打倒dǎ dǎoto overthrow; to knock down
倒闭 (倒閉)dǎo bìto go bankrupt; to close down
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex

See also: Japanese symbol for “overwhelming”.

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.