Chinese symbol for “unreliable”
靠不住
kào bu zhù
unreliable
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unreliable is 靠不住 (kào bu zhù), defined as: unreliable.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “unreliable”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 靠不住.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 依靠 | yī kào | to rely on; to depend on |
| 可靠 | kě kào | reliable |
| 靠近 | kào jìn | to be close to; to approach; to draw near |
| 可靠性 | kě kào xìng | reliability |
| 靠拢 (靠攏) | kào lǒng | to draw close to |
| 停靠 | tíng kào | to call at; to stop at |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 居住 | jū zhù | to reside; to dwell |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unreliable”.
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.