Chinese symbol for “unhealthy”
不良
bù liáng
bad; harmful; unhealthy; (of a device, connection, material etc) defective; faulty
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unhealthy is 不良 (bù liáng), defined as: bad; harmful; unhealthy; (of a device, connection, material etc) defective; faulty.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不良.
| 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 |
| 良好 | liáng hǎo | good; favorable |
| 优良 (優良) | yōu liáng | fine; good |
| 善良 | shàn liáng | good and honest; kindhearted |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unhealthy”.
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.