Chinese symbol for “shoddy”
劣质
liè zhì
Traditional: 劣質
shoddy; of poor quality
The closest CC-CEDICT match for shoddy is 劣质 (liè zhì), defined as: shoddy; of poor quality.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “shoddy”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 劣质.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恶劣 (惡劣) | è liè | vile; nasty |
| 劣势 (劣勢) | liè shì | inferior; disadvantaged |
| 低劣 | dī liè | inferior quality; substandard |
| 卑劣 | bēi liè | base; mean |
| 优劣 (優劣) | yōu liè | good and bad; merits and drawbacks |
| 质量 (質量) | zhì liàng | (physics) mass; quality (i.e. degree of excellence) |
| 物质 (物質) | wù zhì | matter; substance |
| 性质 (性質) | xìng zhì | nature; characteristic |
See also: Japanese symbol for “shoddy”.
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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