Chinese symbol for “preposterous”
岂有此理
qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ
Traditional: 豈有此理
how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd
The closest CC-CEDICT match for preposterous is 岂有此理 (qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ), defined as: how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “preposterous”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 荒唐 | huāng táng | beyond belief; preposterous |
| 活见鬼 (活見鬼) | huó jiàn guǐ | what the hell; preposterous |
| 荒诞 (荒誕) | huāng dàn | beyond belief; incredible |
| 悠悠 | yōu yōu | lasting for ages; long drawn out |
| 荒谬绝伦 (荒謬絕倫) | huāng miù jué lún | absolutely ridiculous (idiom); preposterous; the height of folly |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 岂有此理.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 岂料 (豈料) | qǐ liào | who would have thought that; who would have expected that |
| 岂止 (豈止) | qǐ zhǐ | not only; far from; more than |
| 岂非 (豈非) | qǐ fēi | wouldn't it be ... ? |
| 岂敢 (豈敢) | qǐ gǎn | how could one dare?; I don't deserve such praise |
| 岂不 (豈不) | qǐ bù | how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? |
| 没有 (沒有) | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | all; to have; to possess; to own |
| 还有 (還有) | hái yǒu | there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition |
| 因此 | yīn cǐ | thus; consequently; as a result |
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise; to manage |
See also: Japanese symbol for “preposterous”.
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.