Chinese symbol for “unpopular”
不孚众望
bù fú zhòng wàng
Traditional: 不孚眾望
not living up to expectations (idiom); failing to inspire confidence among people; unpopular
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unpopular is 不孚众望 (bù fú zhòng wàng), defined as: not living up to expectations (idiom); failing to inspire confidence among people; unpopular.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不孚众望.
| 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 |
| 深孚众望 (深孚眾望) | shēn fú zhòng wàng | to enjoy the confidence of the people; to be very popular |
| 群众 (群眾) | qún zhòng | mass; multitude |
| 公众 (公眾) | gōng zhòng | public |
| 希望 | xī wàng | to hope; a hope; a wish |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unpopular”.
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.