Chinese symbol for “untrustworthy”
言而无信
yán ér wú xìn
Traditional: 言而無信
(idiom) untrustworthy; not true to one's word
The closest CC-CEDICT match for untrustworthy is 言而无信 (yán ér wú xìn), defined as: (idiom) untrustworthy; not true to one's word.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 言而无信.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 语言 (語言) | yǔ yán | language; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng) |
| 而言 | ér yán | (typically preceded by 就… (jiù xx) or 对… (duì xx) etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ... |
| 发言 (發言) | fā yán | to make a speech; statement |
| 言论 (言論) | yán lùn | expression of opinion; views |
| 宣言 | xuān yán | declaration; manifesto |
| 留言 | liú yán | to leave a message; to leave one's comments; message |
| 而且 | ér qiě | (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore |
| 然而 | rán ér | however; but; yet |
| 无法 (無法) | wú fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 信息 | xìn xī | information; news; message |
See also: Japanese symbol for “untrustworthy”.
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.