Chinese symbol for “trifling”
琐碎
suǒ suì
Traditional: 瑣碎
trifling; trivial; tedious; inconsequential
The closest CC-CEDICT match for trifling is 琐碎 (suǒ suì), defined as: trifling; trivial; tedious; inconsequential.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “trifling”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 细 (細) | xì | thin or slender; finely particulate |
| 区区 (區區) | qū qū | insignificant; trifling |
| 屑 | xiè | bits; fragments |
| 轻于鸿毛 (輕於鴻毛) | qīng yú hóng máo | light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling; unimportant |
| 琐 (瑣) | suǒ | fragmentary; trifling |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 琐碎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 繁琐 (繁瑣) | fán suǒ | many and complicated; mired in minor details |
| 猥琐 (猥瑣) | wěi suǒ | wretched (esp. appearance); vulgar |
| 琐事 (瑣事) | suǒ shì | trifle |
| 烦琐 (煩瑣) | fán suǒ | tedious; convoluted |
| 琐细 (瑣細) | suǒ xì | trivial |
| 碎片 | suì piàn | chip; fragment; splinter; tatter |
| 粉碎 | fěn suì | to crush; to smash; to shatter |
| 破碎 | pò suì | to smash to pieces; to shatter |
See also: Japanese symbol for “trifling”.
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.