Chinese symbol for “underwhelmed”

不敢恭维

bù gǎn gōng wei

Traditional: 不敢恭維

(idiom) less than impressed; underwhelmed

The closest CC-CEDICT match for underwhelmed is 不敢恭维 (bù gǎn gōng wei), defined as: (idiom) less than impressed; underwhelmed.

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Characters and stroke order

不 bù

no, not, un-; negative prefix

radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes

敢 gǎn

bold, brave; to dare, to venture

radical 66 ⽁ · 12 strokes

恭 gōng

polite, respectful, reverent

radical 61 ⼼ · 10 strokes

维 wei

to preserve, to maintain, to hold together

radical 120 ⽷ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

維 wei

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不敢恭维.

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
勇敢	yǒng gǎn	brave; courageous
敢于 (敢於)	gǎn yú	to have the courage to do sth; to dare to
胆敢 (膽敢)	dǎn gǎn	to dare (negative connotation); to have the audacity to (do sth)
恭喜	gōng xǐ	to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations!
维护 (維護)	wéi hù	to defend; to safeguard

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.