Chinese symbol for “suboptimal”
欠佳
qiàn jiā
suboptimal; subpar; not good enough
The closest CC-CEDICT match for suboptimal is 欠佳 (qiàn jiā), defined as: suboptimal; subpar; not good enough.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 欠佳.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欠缺 | qiàn quē | to be deficient in; lapse |
| 拖欠 | tuō qiàn | in arrears; behind in payments |
| 亏欠 (虧欠) | kuī qiàn | to have a deficit; to be in the red; to owe |
| 欠债 (欠債) | qiàn zhài | to owe a debt; the sum owed |
| 欠款 | qiàn kuǎn | to owe a debt; balance due |
| 最佳 | zuì jiā | optimum; optimal |
| 不佳 | bù jiā | not good |
| 绝佳 (絕佳) | jué jiā | exceptionally good |
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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