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Chinese symbol for “uncoordinated”

不协调
bù xié tiáo
Traditional: 不協調
uncoordinated; disharmony

The closest CC-CEDICT match for uncoordinated is 不协调 (bù xié tiáo), defined as: uncoordinated; disharmony.

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Characters and stroke order

不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
协 xié
to assist; to cooperate, to join; to harmonize
radical 24 ⼗ · 6 strokes
调 tiáo
tune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange
radical 149 ⾔ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “uncoordinated”

WordPinyinMeaning
同手同脚 (同手同腳)tóng shǒu tóng jiǎoclumsy; uncoordinated

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不协调.

WordPinyinMeaning
不是bù shìno; is not
不能bù néngcannot; must not
不会 (不會)bù huìimprobable; unlikely
不过 (不過)bù guòonly; merely
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
协议 (協議)xié yìagreement; pact
协会 (協會)xié huìan association; a society
协助 (協助)xié zhùto provide assistance; to aid
调查 (調查)diào cháinvestigation; inquiry

See also: Japanese symbol for “uncoordinated”.

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.