Chinese symbol for “trite”
陈腐
chén fǔ
Traditional: 陳腐
trite; clichéd; empty and trite; banality
The closest CC-CEDICT match for trite is 陈腐 (chén fǔ), defined as: trite; clichéd; empty and trite; banality; platitude.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “trite”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 陈腐.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陈述 (陳述) | chén shù | to state; to declare |
| 陈列 (陳列) | chén liè | to display; to exhibit |
| 陈旧 (陳舊) | chén jiù | old-fashioned; out of date; obsolete; antiquated |
| 新陈代谢 (新陳代謝) | xīn chén dài xiè | metabolism (biology); the new replaces the old (idiom) |
| 陈年 (陳年) | chén nián | (of wine) aged; (of debts etc) old; longstanding |
| 陈设 (陳設) | chén shè | to display; to exhibit; to set out; furnishings |
| 腐败 (腐敗) | fǔ bài | corruption; to corrupt |
| 豆腐 | dòu fu | tofu; bean curd |
See also: Japanese symbol for “trite”.
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.