"Illiterate" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 文盲 | wén máng | illiterate |   |
| 不识字 | bù shí zì | illiterate | |
| 蒙昧 | méng mèi | uncultured / uncivilized / God-forsaken / ignorant / illiterate | |
| 一丁不识 | yī dīng bù shí | illiterate / ignorant | |
| 目不识丁 | mù bù shí dīng | lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom) / totally illiterate | |
| 不识一丁 | bù shí yī dīng | total illiterate / unable to read the simplest characters | |
| 一字不识 | yī zì bù shí | totally illiterate | |
| 异文鄙事 | yì wén bǐ shì | strange writing by rustic or illiterate | |
| 功能性文盲 | gōng néng xìng wén máng | functional illiterate | |
