Chinese symbol for “resentment”
怨怼
yuàn duì
Traditional: 怨懟
resentment; grudge
The closest CC-CEDICT match for resentment is 怨怼 (yuàn duì), defined as: resentment; grudge.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “resentment”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嫌 | xián | to dislike; suspicion |
| 怨尤 | yuàn yóu | resentment |
| 怨忿 | yuàn fèn | resentment |
| 愤慨 (憤慨) | fèn kǎi | to resent; resentment |
| 怨恨 | yuàn hèn | to resent; to harbor a grudge against |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 怨怼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抱怨 | bào yuàn | to complain; to grumble |
| 埋怨 | mán yuàn | to complain; to grumble (about) |
| 怨恨 | yuàn hèn | to resent; to harbor a grudge against |
| 恩怨 | ēn yuàn | gratitude and grudges; resentment |
| 怨言 | yuàn yán | complaint |
| 怨气 (怨氣) | yuàn qì | grievance; resentment |
| 回怼 (回懟) | huí duǐ | (Internet slang) to retaliate verbally; to hit back (at critics) |
| 怒怼 (怒懟) | nù duǐ | (Internet slang) to chastise; to angrily denounce |
See also: Japanese symbol for “resentment”.
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.