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Chinese symbol for “scandalous”

不成体统
bù chéng tǐ tǒng
Traditional: 不成體統
not according with decorum (idiom); scandalous; bad form; unacceptable behavior

The closest CC-CEDICT match for scandalous is 不成体统 (bù chéng tǐ tǒng), defined as: not according with decorum (idiom); scandalous; bad form; unacceptable behavior.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
成 chéng
to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
radical 62 ⼽ · 7 strokes
体 tǐ
body; group, class; form, style, system
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes
统 tǒng
to govern, to command; to gather, to unite
radical 120 ⽷ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “scandalous”

WordPinyinMeaning
不合体统 (不合體統)bù hé tǐ tǒngnot according with decorum; scandalous

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不成体统.

WordPinyinMeaning
不是bù shìno; is not
不能bù néngcannot; must not
不会 (不會)bù huìimprobable; unlikely
不过 (不過)bù guòonly; merely
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
成为 (成為)chéng wéito become; to turn into
完成wán chéngto complete; to accomplish
成功chéng gōngto succeed; success
媒体 (媒體)méi tǐmedia, esp. news media
系统 (系統)xì tǒngsystem; 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “scandalous”.

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.

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