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Chinese symbol for “slack”

不景气
bù jǐng qì
Traditional: 不景氣
slack; in a slump

The closest CC-CEDICT match for slack is 不景气 (bù jǐng qì), defined as: slack; in a slump.

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
景 jǐng
scenery, view; conditions, circumstances
radical 72 ⽇ · 12 strokes
气 qì
air, gas; steam, vapor; anger
radical 84 ⽓ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “slack”

WordPinyinMeaning
懈怠xiè dàislack; lazy
煤渣méi zhāslack
懒散 (懶散)lǎn sǎnindolent; negligent; slack
松动 (鬆動)sōng dòngloose; slack
清淡qīng dànlight (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored); insipid

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不景气.

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
背景bèi jǐngbackground; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer
场景 (場景)chǎng jǐngscene; scenario; situation; setting
风景 (風景)fēng jǐngscenery; landscape
天气 (天氣)tiān qìweather

See also: Japanese symbol for “slack”.

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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