Chinese symbol for “unclean”
不干不净
bù gān bù jìng
Traditional: 不乾不淨
unclean; filthy; foul-mouthed
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unclean is 不干不净 (bù gān bù jìng), defined as: unclean; filthy; foul-mouthed.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “unclean”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不干不净.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 不会 (不會) | bù huì | improbable; unlikely |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct |
| 干部 (幹部) | gàn bù | cadre; official |
| 干净 (乾淨) | gān jìng | clean; neat |
| 干嘛 (幹嘛) | gàn má | what are you doing?; whatever for? |
| 净化 (淨化) | jìng huà | to purify |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unclean”.
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.