Chinese symbol for “superficial”
肤浅
fū qiǎn
Traditional: 膚淺
superficial; shallow
The closest CC-CEDICT match for superficial is 肤浅 (fū qiǎn), defined as: superficial; shallow.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “superficial”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浅薄 (淺薄) | qiǎn bó | superficial |
| 鄙陋 | bǐ lòu | superficial; shallow |
| 浮 | fú | to float; superficial |
| 漂浮 | piāo fú | to float; to hover |
| 表象 | biǎo xiàng | outward appearance; superficial |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 肤浅.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皮肤 (皮膚) | pí fū | skin; 层 (céng),块 (kuài) |
| 肌肤 (肌膚) | jī fū | skin; flesh |
| 肤色 (膚色) | fū sè | skin color |
| 护肤 (護膚) | hù fū | skincare |
| 皮肤病 (皮膚病) | pí fū bìng | skin disease; skin condition; dermatosis |
| 搁浅 (擱淺) | gē qiǎn | to run aground; to become stranded; (fig.) to run into difficulties and come to a standstill; to stall |
| 浅薄 (淺薄) | qiǎn bó | superficial |
| 浅色 (淺色) | qiǎn sè | light color |
See also: Japanese symbol for “superficial”.
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.