nāo

(dialect) contracted form of 不好[bu4 hao3]

not (不) + good (好) = bad, no good

This character is a visual contraction: 不 sits on top of 好, fusing them into a single glyph that means exactly 'not good.' The stacking makes the meaning self-evident once you see the pieces.

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GoodSemantic

这批货质量,别买。

zhè pī huò zhì liàng nāo , bié mǎi 。

this batch of goods is poor quality, don't buy it.

他这人挺的,遇事就躲。

tā zhè rén tǐng nāo de , yù shì jiù duǒ 。

this person is really bad, he hides whenever trouble comes.

Words with 孬

孬种

nāo zhǒng

coward; useless scoundrel

More characters with 不

怀