Chinese symbol for “unimportant”
不要紧
bù yào jǐn
Traditional: 不要緊
unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unimportant is 不要紧 (bù yào jǐn), defined as: unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “unimportant”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 轻 (輕) | qīng | light; easy |
| 不打紧 (不打緊) | bù dǎ jǐn | unimportant; not serious |
| 小可 | xiǎo kě | small; unimportant |
| 稀松 (稀鬆) | xī sōng | poor; sloppy |
| 不关痛痒 (不關痛癢) | bù guān tòng yǎng | unimportant; of no consequence |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不要紧.
| 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 |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 紧张 (緊張) | jǐn zhāng | nervous; keyed up |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unimportant”.
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.