Chinese symbol for “wordless”
不声不响
bù shēng bù xiǎng
Traditional: 不聲不響
(idiom) wordless; silent; taciturn; without speaking
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wordless is 不声不响 (bù shēng bù xiǎng), defined as: (idiom) wordless; silent; taciturn; without speaking.
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
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不声不响.
| 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 |
| 声音 (聲音) | shēng yīn | sound; voice |
| 声明 (聲明) | shēng míng | to state; to declare |
| 声称 (聲稱) | shēng chēng | to claim; to state |
| 影响 (影響) | yǐng xiǎng | influence; effect |
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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