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傲

ào

HSK 4 Character

What 傲 means

1. proud
2. arrogant
3. to despise
4. unyielding
5. to defy

Example sentences

• 他绝不高傲。
  Tā juébù gāo'ào.
  He is free from pride.
• 别那么傲慢。
  Don't be so arrogant!
• 骄傲使人落后。
  Pride goes before a fall.
• 我真为她骄傲。
  I'm so proud of her.
• 我一直为您骄傲。
  I've always been proud of you.
• 骄傲是人类的弱点。
  Jiāo'ào shì rénlèi de ruòdiǎn.
  Human pride is human weakness.

Words starting with 傲

• 傲慢ào mànarrogant; haughty
• 傲气ào qìair of arrogance; haughtiness
• 傲然ào ránloftily; proudly; unyieldingly
• 傲视ào shìto turn up one's nose; to show disdain for; to regard superciliously
• 傲人ào rénworthy of pride; impressive; enviable
• 傲岸ào ànproud; haughty
• 傲立ào lìto stand proudly
• 傲骨ào gǔlofty and unyielding character
• 傲慢无礼ào màn wú lǐ(idiom) arrogant; disrespectful
• 傲视群伦ào shì qún lúnoutstanding talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit…
• 傲慢与偏见Ào màn yǔ Piān jiànPride and Prejudice, novel by Jane Austen 珍·珍·奥斯汀
• 傲娇ào jiāo(colloquial) presenting as unfriendly and blunt, but warm and tender inside…
• 傲睨ào nìto look down upon
• 傲慢不逊ào màn bù xùnsee 傲慢无礼
• 傲慢少礼ào màn shǎo lǐsee 傲慢无礼
• 傲雪凌霜ào xuě líng shuāngsee 欺霜傲雪
• 傲雪欺霜ào xuě qī shuāngsee 欺霜傲雪
• 傲霜凌雪ào shuāng líng xuěsee 欺霜傲雪
• 傲霜斗雪ào shuāng dòu xuěsee 欺霜傲雪

Words containing 傲

• 骄傲jiāo àopride; arrogance; conceited
• 高傲gāo àoarrogant; haughty; proud
• 孤傲gū àoproud and aloof
• 自傲zì àoarrogance; proud of sth
• 冷傲lěng àoicily arrogant
• 狂傲kuáng àodomineering; haughty
• 违傲wéi àoto disobey
• 居功自傲jū gōng zì àosatisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom)…
• 引以为傲yǐn yǐ wéi àoto be intensely proud of sth (idiom)
• 心高气傲xīn gāo qì àoproud and arrogant
• 欺霜傲雪qī shuāng ào xuě(lit.) cold-resistant (idiom); (fig.) remaining strong in harsh conditions; resilient…
• 恃才傲物shì cái ào wù(idiom) to be inordinately proud of one's ability; to be conceited and contemptuous
• 倨傲jù àoarrogant
• 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后xū xīn shǐ rén jìn bù , jiāo ào shǐ rén luò hòumodesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)
• 斗霜傲雪dòu shuāng ào xuěsee 欺霜傲雪

Characters built on 敖

These share the phonetic component 敖 (Áo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 熬áoto cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure
• 嗷áoloud clamor; the sound of wailing
• 鳌áomythological sea turtle
• 螯áochela; nippers; claw; pincers (of crabs, lobsters, scorpions etc)
• 獒áo(bound form) mastiff
• 遨áoto make an excursion; to ramble; to travel
• 骜àoa noble steed (literary); (of a horse) untamed; (fig.) (of a person) headstrong
• 鏊àogriddle; tava

Characters that look like 傲

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 做zuòto make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
• 假jiǎfake; false; artificial
• 敏mǐn(bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
• 媛yuánused in 婵媛
• 敛liǎn(literary) to hold back; (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect…
• 犊dúcalf; sacrificial victim

Sounds the same

Read ào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 奥obscure; mysterious
• 澳deep bay; cove; harbor
• 拗(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient
• 坳depression; cavity; hollow; Taiwan pr. āo
• 懊to regret
• 骜a noble steed (literary); (of a horse) untamed; (fig.) (of a person) headstrong
• 鏊griddle; tava
• 岙plain in the middle of the mountains; used in place names, esp. in 浙江
• 墺building-plot
• 奡haughty; vigorous
• 垇(used in place names); variant of 坳
• 鿫oganesson (chemistry)