"Improper" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 不当 | bù dàng | unsuitable / improper / inappropriate |   |
| 不合适 | bù hé shì | improper / unsuitable / inappropriate | |
| 不正当 | bù zhèng dàng | dishonest / unfair / improper | |
| 不伦 | bù lún | (of a relationship) improper (adulterous, incestuous, teacher-student etc) / unseemly | |
| 苟且 | gǒu qiě | perfunctory / careless / drifting along / resigned to one's fate / improper (relations) / illicit (sex) | |
| 失当 | shī dàng | inappropriate / improper | |
| 不端 | bù duān | improper / dishonorable | |
| 欠妥 | qiàn tuǒ | improper / inappropriate / unsatisfactory / inadequate | |
| 非分 | fēi fèn | improper / presumptuous / assuming / overstepping one's bounds / also written 非份[fei1 fen4] | |
| 偏斜 | piān xié | crooked / not upright / diverging from straight line / improper / dishonest | |
| 媮 |  tōu | improper / irregular | |
| 失宜 | shī yí | inappropriate / improper | |
| 非份 | fēi fèn | improper / presumptuous / assuming / overstepping one's bounds / also written 非分[fei1 fen4] | |
| 邪僻 | xié pì | abnormal / improper / beyond the pale | |
| 内伤 | nèi shāng | internal injury / disorder of internal organs (due to improper nutrition, overexertion etc) | |
| 潜规则 | qián guī zé | unspoken rules (usually ones that codify improper behaviors such as leveraging guanxi to get favorable treatment, or coercing employees for sexual favors) | |
| 捞取 | lāo qǔ | to fish for / to seek profit (by improper means) | |
| 非分之念 | fēi fèn zhī niàn | improper idea | |
| 露水夫妻 | lù shuǐ fū qī | a couple in a short-lived, improper relationship | |
| 假分数 | jiǎ fēn shù | improper fraction (with numerator &ge / denominator, e.g. seven fifths) / see also: proper fraction 真分數|真分数[zhen1 fen1 shu4] and mixed number 帶分數|带分数[dai4 fen1 shu4] | |
| 带分数 | dài fēn shù | mixed fraction / mixed number (i.e. with an integer part and a fraction part, e.g. four and three quarters) / see also: improper fraction 假分數|假分数[jia3 fen1 shu4] and proper fraction 真分數|真分数[zhen1 fen1 shu4] | |
| 真分数 | zhēn fēn shù | proper fraction (with numerator < denominator, e.g. five sevenths) / see also: improper fraction 假分數|假分数[jia3 fen1 shu4] and mixed number 帶分數|带分数[dai4 fen1 shu4] | |
| 不正当迁移 | improper removal | | |
| 不当动机 | improper motive | | |
| 不当使用 | improper use | | |
| 不正当关系 | bù zhèng dàng guān xì | improper relation / adulterous relation | |
