Chinese symbol for “unconventional”
另类
lìng lèi
Traditional: 另類
offbeat; alternative; avant-garde; unconventional
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unconventional is 另类 (lìng lèi), defined as: offbeat; alternative; avant-garde; unconventional; weird.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “unconventional”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 超脱 (超脫) | chāo tuō | to stand aloof; to be detached from |
| 落魄 | luò pò | down and out; in dire straits |
| 放浪 | fàng làng | unrestrained; dissolute |
| 反时势 (反時勢) | fǎn shí shì | unconventional |
| 落拓不羁 (落拓不羈) | luò tuò bù jī | (idiom) unconventional; uninhibited; free-spirited |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 另类.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 另外 | lìng wài | additional; in addition |
| 另一方面 | lìng yī fāng miàn | on the other hand; another aspect |
| 另有 | lìng yǒu | to have some other (reason etc) |
| 另一半 | lìng yī bàn | other half; (fig.) spouse |
| 另行 | lìng xíng | (to do sth) separately; as a separate action |
| 人类 (人類) | rén lèi | humanity; human race |
| 类似 (類似) | lèi sì | similar; analogous |
| 类型 (類型) | lèi xíng | type; kind; category; (computer programming) type |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unconventional”.
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.