Chinese symbol for “unsolicited”

不请自来

bù qǐng zì lái

Traditional: 不請自來

to turn up without being invited; unsolicited

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unsolicited is 不请自来 (bù qǐng zì lái), defined as: to turn up without being invited; unsolicited.

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Characters and stroke order

不 bù

no, not, un-; negative prefix

radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes

请 qǐng

to ask, to request; to invite; please

radical 149 ⾔ · 10 strokes

自 zì

self; private, personal; from

radical 132 ⾃ · 6 strokes

来 lái

to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on

radical 75 ⽊ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不请自来.

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
申请 (申請)	shēn qǐng	to apply for sth; application form (CL:份 (fèn))
邀请 (邀請)	yāo qǐng	to invite; invitation
请求 (請求)	qǐng qiú	to request; to ask; request (个 (gè))
自己	zì jǐ	oneself; (attributive) one's own
起来 (起來)	qǐ lai	to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]

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.