Chinese symbol for “tyrannical”
无道
wú dào
Traditional: 無道
tyrannical; brutal (regime)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tyrannical is 无道 (wú dào), defined as: tyrannical; brutal (regime).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tyrannical”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暴虐无道 (暴虐無道) | bào nüè wú dào | (idiom) tyrannical; oppressive; lawless |
| 暴虐 | bào nüè | brutal; tyrannical |
| 强横 (強橫) | qiáng hèng | surly and unreasoning; bullying |
| 暴戾恣睢 | bào lì zì suī | (idiom) cruel; ruthless; tyrannical |
| 畔援 | pàn yuán | domineering; tyrannical |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 无道.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无法 (無法) | wú fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 无论 (無論) | wú lùn | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... |
| 毫无 (毫無) | háo wú | not in the least; to completely lack |
| 无限 (無限) | wú xiàn | unlimited; unbounded; infinite |
| 无关 (無關) | wú guān | unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) |
| 无数 (無數) | wú shù | countless; numberless |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
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.