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Chinese symbol for “unimaginable”

匪夷所思
fěi yí suǒ sī
unimaginable; outrageous; freakish

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unimaginable is 匪夷所思 (fěi yí suǒ sī), defined as: unimaginable; outrageous; freakish.

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

匪 fěi
bandits, robbers, gangsters
radical 22 ⼕ · 10 strokes
夷 yí
ancient barbarian tribes
radical 37 ⼤ · 6 strokes
所 suǒ
place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
radical 63 ⼾ · 8 strokes
思 sī
to think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
radical 61 ⼼ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “unimaginable”

WordPinyinMeaning
不可思议 (不可思議)bù kě sī yì(idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable

Related words

Other words that share a character with 匪夷所思.

WordPinyinMeaning
土匪tǔ fěibandit
匪徒fěi túgangster; bandit
劫匪jié fěibandit; robber
绑匪 (綁匪)bǎng fěikidnapper
剿匪jiǎo fěito send armed forces to suppress
夷为平地 (夷為平地)yí wéi píng dìto level; to raze to the ground
鄙夷bǐ yíto despise; to look down on; to feel contempt for
夷平yí píngto level; to raze to the ground
所以suǒ yǐtherefore; as a result
意思yì siidea; opinion

See also: Japanese symbol for “unimaginable”.

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.

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