Chinese symbol for “sanctimonious”
道貌岸然
dào mào àn rán
sanctimonious; dignified
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sanctimonious is 道貌岸然 (dào mào àn rán), defined as: sanctimonious; dignified.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 道貌岸然.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
| 难道 (難道) | nán dào | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? |
| 道路 | dào lù | road; path |
| 道德 | dào dé | virtue; morality |
| 频道 (頻道) | pín dào | frequency; (television) channel |
| 面貌 | miàn mào | face; features; appearance; look |
| 礼貌 (禮貌) | lǐ mào | courtesy; politeness; manners; courteous; polite |
| 两岸 (兩岸) | liǎng àn | bilateral; both shores |
| 虽然 (雖然) | suī rán | although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sanctimonious”.
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.