Chinese symbol for “woeful”
不标准
bù biāo zhǔn
Traditional: 不標準
nonstandard; incorrect; (of one's speech) poor; woeful (not in keeping with correct pronunciation or usage)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for woeful is 不标准 (bù biāo zhǔn), defined as: nonstandard; incorrect; (of one's speech) poor; woeful (not in keeping with correct pronunciation or usage).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不标准.
| 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 |
| 目标 (目標) | mù biāo | target; goal |
| 标准 (標準) | biāo zhǔn | standard; norm; criterion; (adjective) standard |
| 标志 (標誌) | biāo zhì | sign; mark; symbol; logo; to symbolize; to indicate; to mark |
| 准备 (準備) | zhǔn bèi | preparation; to prepare |
See also: Japanese symbol for “woeful”.
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.