Chinese symbol for “unfavorable”
不利
bù lì
unfavorable; disadvantageous; harmful; detrimental
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unfavorable is 不利 (bù lì), defined as: unfavorable; disadvantageous; harmful; detrimental.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “unfavorable”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不顺 (不順) | bù shùn | unfavorable; adverse |
| 逆心 | nì xīn | unfavorable; undesired |
| 利空 | lì kōng | (finance) sth that engenders bearish sentiment; unfavorable news; (finance) (of news, data etc) unfavorable; negative |
| 蹇滞 (蹇滯) | jiǎn zhì | awkward; ominous |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不利.
| 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 |
| 利用 | lì yòng | to exploit; to make use of |
| 权利 (權利) | quán lì | right (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth |
| 利益 | lì yì | benefit; (in sb's) interest |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unfavorable”.
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.