Chinese symbol for “wretch”
混蛋
hún dàn
scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum; wretch
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wretch is 混蛋 (hún dàn), defined as: scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum; wretch.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “wretch”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 混蛋.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 混乱 (混亂) | hùn luàn | confused; chaotic; disorderly |
| 混合 | hùn hé | to mix; to blend; hybrid; composite |
| 混凝土 | hùn níng tǔ | concrete (building material) |
| 混淆 | hùn xiáo | to obscure; to confuse |
| 混沌 | hùn dùn | primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology); (of a situation) confused; chaotic |
| 蛋糕 | dàn gāo | cake; 块 (kuài),个 (gè) |
| 鸡蛋 (雞蛋) | jī dàn | (chicken) egg; hen's egg |
| 笨蛋 | bèn dàn | (mild insult) fool; idiot; (playful) silly person |
See also: Japanese symbol for “wretch”.
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.