Chinese symbol for “worthless”
一文不值
yī wén bù zhí
worthless (idiom); no use whatsoever
The closest CC-CEDICT match for worthless is 一文不值 (yī wén bù zhí), defined as: worthless (idiom); no use whatsoever.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “worthless”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不值一文 | bù zhí yī wén | worthless (idiom); no use whatsoever |
| 不成材 | bù chéng cái | worthless; good-for-nothing |
| 无用 (無用) | wú yòng | useless; worthless |
| 不值一笑 | bù zhí yī xiào | of no value; worthless |
| 不稂不莠 | bù láng bù yǒu | useless; worthless |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 一文不值.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一个 (一個) | yī ge | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 一样 (一樣) | yī yàng | same; like |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture; civilization |
| 文章 | wén zhāng | article; essay |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 价值 (價值) | jià zhí | value; worth; (ethical, cultural etc) values |
See also: Japanese symbol for “worthless”.
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.