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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).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
标 biāo
mark, sign, symbol; bid, prize
radical 75 ⽊ · 9 strokes
准 zhǔn
standard, accurate; to permit, to approve, to allow
radical 15 ⼎ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不标准.

WordPinyinMeaning
不是bù shìno; is not
不能bù néngcannot; must not
不会 (不會)bù huìimprobable; unlikely
不过 (不過)bù guòonly; merely
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
目标 (目標)mù biāotarget; goal
标准 (標準)biāo zhǔnstandard; norm; criterion; (adjective) standard
标志 (標誌)biāo zhìsign; mark; symbol; logo; to symbolize; to indicate; to mark
准备 (準備)zhǔn bèipreparation; 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.

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