Chinese symbol for “shirk”
诿
wěi
Traditional: 諉
to shirk; to give excuses
The closest CC-CEDICT match for shirk is 诿 (wěi), defined as: to shirk; to give excuses.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “shirk”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 推 | tuī | to push; to cut |
| 逃避 | táo bì | to escape; to evade |
| 推脱 (推脫) | tuī tuō | to evade; to shirk |
| 脱滑 (脫滑) | tuō huá | to shirk; to try to get off work |
| 逃避责任 (逃避責任) | táo bì zé rèn | to evade responsibility; to shirk |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 诿.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 推诿 (推諉) | tuī wěi | to shirk responsibility; to blame others |
| 互相推诿 (互相推諉) | hù xiāng tuī wěi | mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other; passing the buck to and fro |
| 诿过 (諉過) | wěi guò | to put the blame on sb else |
See also: Japanese symbol for “shirk”.
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.