Chinese symbol for “uncouth”
土气
tǔ qì
Traditional: 土氣
rustic; uncouth; unsophisticated
The closest CC-CEDICT match for uncouth is 土气 (tǔ qì), defined as: rustic; uncouth; unsophisticated.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “uncouth”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 土里土气 (土裡土氣) | tǔ lǐ tǔ qì | unsophisticated; rustic |
| 土得掉渣 | tǔ de diào zhā | (coll.) rustic; uncouth |
| 土头土脑 (土頭土腦) | tǔ tóu tǔ nǎo | rustic; uncouth |
| 犷 (獷) | guǎng | rough; uncouth |
| 乡气 (鄉氣) | xiāng qì | rustic; uncouth |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 土气.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 土地 | tǔ dì | land; soil |
| 领土 (領土) | lǐng tǔ | territory |
| 本土 | běn tǔ | one's native country; native |
| 土壤 | tǔ rǎng | soil |
| 国土 (國土) | guó tǔ | country's territory; national land |
| 天气 (天氣) | tiān qì | weather |
| 空气 (空氣) | kōng qì | air; atmosphere |
| 气候 (氣候) | qì hòu | (meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “uncouth”.
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.