Chinese symbol for “witty”
妙趣
miào qù
witty; clever; amusing
The closest CC-CEDICT match for witty is 妙趣 (miào qù), defined as: witty; clever; amusing.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “witty”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伶俐 | líng lì | clever; witty; intelligent; deft; adroit |
| 风趣 (風趣) | fēng qù | charm; humor |
| 俏皮 | qiào pi | smart; charming |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 妙趣.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奇妙 | qí miào | wonderful; marvelous; intriguing; mysterious; strange |
| 巧妙 | qiǎo miào | ingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice |
| 美妙 | měi miào | beautiful; wonderful |
| 微妙 | wēi miào | subtle |
| 莫名其妙 | mò míng qí miào | (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable |
| 不妙 | bù miào | (of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good |
| 兴趣 (興趣) | xìng qù | interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby |
| 有趣 | yǒu qù | interesting; fascinating; amusing |
See also: Japanese symbol for “witty”.
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.