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Chinese symbol for “unpleasant”

不好受
bù hǎo shòu
unpleasant; hard to take

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unpleasant is 不好受 (bù hǎo shòu), defined as: unpleasant; hard to take.

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

不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
好 hǎo
good, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well
radical 38 ⼥ · 6 strokes
受 shòu
to receive, to get, to accept; to bear
radical 29 ⼜ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “unpleasant”

WordPinyinMeaning
讨人嫌 (討人嫌)tǎo rén xiánunpleasant; disagreeable
令人不快lìng rén bù kuàiunpleasant; objectionable
不愉快bù yú kuàidisagreeable; unpleasant

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不好受.

WordPinyinMeaning
不是bù shìno; is not
不能bù néngcannot; must not
不会 (不會)bù huìimprobable; unlikely
不过 (不過)bù guòonly; merely
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
最好zuì hǎobest; had better ...; it would be best to ...
好像hǎo xiàngas if; to seem like
不好bù hǎono good
接受jiē shòuto accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce

See also: Japanese symbol for “unpleasant”.

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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