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Chinese symbol for “underhanded”

玩阴的
wán yīn de
Traditional: 玩陰的
(coll.) to play dirty; to use underhanded tactics; (coll.) sneaky; underhanded

The closest CC-CEDICT match for underhanded is 玩阴的 (wán yīn de), defined as: (coll.) to play dirty; to use underhanded tactics; (coll.) sneaky; underhanded.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

玩 wán
to play with, to joke, to entertain
radical 96 ⽟ · 8 strokes
阴 yīn
the female principle; dark, shaded; hidden, implicit, secret
radical 170 ⾩ · 7 strokes
的 de
aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
radical 106 ⽩ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 玩阴的.

WordPinyinMeaning
玩家wán jiāplayer (of a game); enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)
玩具wán jùplaything; toy
开玩笑 (開玩笑)kāi wán xiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
好玩hǎo wánamusing; fun
玩笑wán xiàoto joke; joke
阴谋 (陰謀)yīn móuto conspire; to plot; a conspiracy; a plot
阴影 (陰影)yīn yǐng(lit. and fig.) shadow; measure word: 道 (dào)
阴道 (陰道)yīn dàovagina
真的zhēn dereally; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine

See also: Japanese symbol for “underhanded”.

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.