Chinese symbol for “pedantic”
迂腐
yū fǔ
pedantic; trite; inflexible; adherence to old ideas
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pedantic is 迂腐 (yū fǔ), defined as: pedantic; trite; inflexible; adherence to old ideas.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “pedantic”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 迂腐.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 迂回 (迂迴) | yū huí | roundabout route; circuitous |
| 迂回曲折 | yū huí qū zhé | meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere; going around in circles |
| 迂阔 (迂闊) | yū kuò | high sounding and impractical; high flown nonsense |
| 迂曲 | yū qū | circuitous; tortuous |
| 拘迂 | jū yū | inflexible; stubborn |
| 腐败 (腐敗) | fǔ bài | corruption; to corrupt |
| 豆腐 | dòu fu | tofu; bean curd |
| 贪腐 (貪腐) | tān fǔ | corruption |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pedantic”.
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.