Chinese symbol for “recklessly”
肆意
sì yì
wantonly; recklessly; willfully
The closest CC-CEDICT match for recklessly is 肆意 (sì yì), defined as: wantonly; recklessly; willfully.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “recklessly”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 肆意.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大肆 | dà sì | wantonly; without restraint (of enemy or malefactor) |
| 肆虐 | sì nüè | to wreak havoc; to devastate |
| 肆无忌惮 (肆無忌憚) | sì wú jì dàn | absolutely unrestrained; unbridled |
| 放肆 | fàng sì | wanton; unbridled |
| 酒肆 | jiǔ sì | wine shop; liquor store |
| 注意 | zhù yì | to take note of; to pay attention to |
| 意见 (意見) | yì jiàn | idea; opinion |
| 意思 | yì si | idea; opinion |
See also: Japanese symbol for “recklessly”.
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.