Chinese symbol for “unattractive”
吃藕
chī ǒu
(slang) unattractive; ugly (derived from near homophone 丑 (chǒu))
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unattractive is 吃藕 (chī ǒu), defined as: (slang) unattractive; ugly (derived from near homophone 丑 (chǒu)).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 吃藕.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吃饭 (吃飯) | chī fàn | to have a meal; to eat |
| 好吃 | hǎo chī | tasty; delicious |
| 吃惊 (吃驚) | chī jīng | to be startled; to be shocked |
| 小吃 | xiǎo chī | street food; snack |
| 吃掉 | chī diào | to eat up; to consume |
| 莲藕 (蓮藕) | lián ǒu | lotus root |
| 藕断丝连 (藕斷絲連) | ǒu duàn sī lián | lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another |
| 抛生藕 (拋生藕) | pāo shēng ǒu | (Cantonese) (of a woman) to direct a coquettish look, comment or gesture at a guy |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unattractive”.
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.