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撩

liāo

Character

What 撩 means

1. to lift up (sth hanging down)
2. to raise (hem of skirt)
3. to pull up (sleeve)
4. to sprinkle (water with cupped hands)

Other readings

撩 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• liáoto tease; to provoke; to stir up (emotions)

Words starting with 撩

• 撩起liāo qǐto raise; to lift up (curtains, clothing etc)
• 撩拨liáo bōto provoke; to tease
• 撩开liāo kaito push aside (clothing, curtain etc) to reveal something; to toss aside
• 撩人liáo rénto attract; to titillate
• 撩动liáo dòngto stir up; to provoke
• 撩妹liáo mèi(colloquial) to flirt; to hit on girls
• 撩惹liáo rěto provoke; to tease
• 撩逗liáo dòuto provoke; to tease
• 撩骚liáo sāoto flirt
• 撩是生非liáo shì shēng fēito stir up trouble; to provoke angry exchange
• 撩乱liáo luànvariant of 缭乱

Characters built on 尞

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

• 僚liáobureaucrat; colleague
• 瞭liàoto watch from a height or distance
• 缭liáoto wind round; to sew with slanting stitches
• 镣liàofetters; leg-irons; shackles
• 寮liáohut; shack; small window
• 潦liáoused in 潦草; used in 潦倒
• 燎liáoto burn; to set afire
• 獠liáofierce; hunt; name of a tribe

Characters that look like 撩

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

• 播bō(bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc)…
• 僚liáobureaucrat; colleague
• 瘸quélame
• 缭liáoto wind round; to sew with slanting stitches
• 燎liáoto burn; to set afire
• 獠liáofierce; hunt; name of a tribe

Sounds the same

Read liāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 蹽to run; to slip away; to stride