Chinese symbol for “undesirable”
不如人意
bù rú rén yì
leaving much to be desired; unsatisfactory; undesirable
The closest CC-CEDICT match for undesirable is 不如人意 (bù rú rén yì), defined as: leaving much to be desired; unsatisfactory; undesirable.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不如人意.
| 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 |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 如何 | rú hé | how; what way |
| 如此 | rú cǐ | like this; so; such |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 注意 | zhù yì | to take note of; to pay attention to |
See also: Japanese symbol for “undesirable”.
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.