Chinese symbol for “snobbish”
势利
shì lì
Traditional: 勢利
snobbish
The closest CC-CEDICT match for snobbish is 势利 (shì lì), defined as: snobbish.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “snobbish”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 势利眼 (勢利眼) | shì li yǎn | snobbish; a snob |
| 嫌贫爱富 (嫌貧愛富) | xián pín ài fù | to favor the rich and disdain the poor (idiom); snobbish |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 势利.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 优势 (優勢) | yōu shì | superiority; dominance |
| 势力 (勢力) | shì li | power; influence |
| 趋势 (趨勢) | qū shì | trend; tendency |
| 形势 (形勢) | xíng shì | circumstances; situation |
| 局势 (局勢) | jú shì | situation; state (of affairs) |
| 姿势 (姿勢) | zī shì | posture; position |
| 利用 | lì yòng | to exploit; to make use of |
| 权利 (權利) | quán lì | right (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth |
See also: Japanese symbol for “snobbish”.
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.