HSK 6 · Adjectives

肆无忌惮 sìwújìdàn “unrestrained” in Chinese

Traditional 肆無忌憚

What 肆无忌惮 means

  1. unrestrained
  2. reckless
  3. brazen
  4. absolutely unrestrained
  5. unbridled
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • without the slightest scruple

How to say 肆无忌惮

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale肆sì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale无wú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale忌jì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale惮dàn4th tone, falling

肆无忌惮 in a sentence

  1. 他在图书馆里肆无忌惮地大声打电话。

    Tā zài túshūguǎn lǐ sìwújìdàn de dàshēng dǎ diànhuà.

    He was brazenly talking loudly on his phone in the library.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 孩子们在草地上肆无忌惮地奔跑。

    Háizimen zài cǎodì shàng sìwújìdàn de bēnpǎo.

    The children ran about freely on the grass.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 肆无忌惮 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 肆 (sì) with each of its parts in a different colour
肆sìfour
  • 镸long form of 長 · cháng
  • 聿brush · yù
The character 无 (wú) with each of its parts in a different colour
无wúnot to have
  • 一one · yī
  • 尢lame · wāng
The character 忌 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
忌jìto be jealous of
  • 己self · jǐSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 己 (jǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

The character 惮 (dàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
惮dàndread
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 单single · chánSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 单 (chán) hints at the sound. Compare it with dàn.

How to write 肆无忌惮

肆 13 strokes · 无 4 strokes · 忌 7 strokes · 惮 11 strokes

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肆无忌惮 (sìwújìdàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 肆无忌惮 (sìwújìdàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 肆无忌惮

Words with 肆

大肆dàsì · wantonly

Words with 无

无wú · not to have无聊wúliáo · bored无论wúlùn · no matter what or how无法wúfǎ · to be unable to无奈wúnài · to have no alternative无数wúshù · countless无所谓wúsuǒwèi · to not matter无赖wúlài · rogue无比wúbǐ · incomparable无耻wúchǐ · shameless

Words with 忌

忌讳jìhuì · taboo

More words: Adjectives

竖shù · vertical爽快shuǎngkuài · frank书面shūmiàn · written斯文sīwen · refined私自sīzì · privately随意suíyì · as one likes坦白tǎnbái · frank贪婪tānlán · greedy

FAQs

肆无忌惮 (sìwújìdàn) means “unrestrained” or “reckless”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it sìwújìdàn: sì with a 4th tone, then wú with a 2nd tone, then jì with a 4th tone, then dàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 肆无忌惮 is written 肆無忌憚. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type siwujidan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 肆无忌惮 from the suggestions. Typing siwujidan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
肆无忌惮 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.