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骚

sāo

HSK 6 Character Traditional 騷

What 骚 means

1. bound formto disturb; to disrupt
2. flirty; coquettish
3. abbr. for {离骚|Lí Sāo}
4. literaryliterary writings; poetry
5. foul-smelling (variant of {臊|sāo})
6. dialect(of certain domestic animals) male

Example sentences

• 停止发牢骚吧。
  Tíngzhǐ fā láosāo ba.
  Stop grumbling.
• 汤姆老是发牢骚。
  Tāngmǔ lǎoshi fāláosāo.
  Tom complains all the time.
• 每人心里都有牢骚。
  Měirén xīnli dōu yǒu láosāo.
  Everyone has something that's troubling him.
• 我们军队总是被游击队骚扰。
  Wǒmen jūnduì zǒngshì bèi yóujīduì sāorǎo.
  Our troops were constantly attacked by the guerrillas.
• 让你的儿子别来骚扰我的女儿。
  Tell your son to quit harassing my daughter.
• Tom不想在Mary读书时骚扰她。
  T om bù xiǎng zài Mary dúshū shí sāorǎo tā.
  Tom didn't want to interrupt Mary while she was studying.

Words starting with 骚

• 骚扰sāo rǎoto disturb; to cause a commotion; to harass
• 骚动sāo dòngdisturbance; uproar; to become restless
• 骚乱sāo luàndisturbance; riot; to create a disturbance
• 骚包sāo bāo(slang) alluring; showy; flashy and enticing person
• 骚味sāo wèifoul smell
• 骚客sāo kè(literary) poet; literati
• 骚情sāo qíngfrivolous; flirtatious
• 骚然sāo ránturbulent
• 骚瑞sāo ruì(loanword) sorry
• 骚话sāo huàobscenities; lewd talk
• 骚货sāo huòloose woman; slut
• 骚体sāo tǐpoetry in the style of 离骚
• 骚乱者sāo luàn zhěa rioter
• 骚闹sāo nàonoisy; to make a racket
• 骚搅sāo jiǎoto disturb; to pester
• 骚驴sāo lǘjackass
• 骚扰客蚤sāo rǎo kè zǎoXenopsylla vexabilis

Words containing 骚

• 牢骚láo sāodiscontent; complaint; to complain
• 性骚扰xìng sāo rǎosexual harassment
• 风骚fēng sāoliterary excellence; flirtatious behavior
• 发牢骚fā láo sāoto whine; to be grouchy
• 离骚Lí SāoOn Encountering Sorrow, poem by Qu Yuan 屈原
• 拿骚Ná sāoNassau, capital of The Bahamas
• 发骚fā sāohorny; lecherous
• 聊骚liáo sāoto chat flirtatiously
• 独领风骚dú lǐng fēng sāomost outstanding; par excellence
• 跟踪骚扰gēn zōng sāo rǎo(law) to stalk (sb)
• 满腹牢骚mǎn fù láo sāolit. belly full of complaints (idiom); discontent; always moaning and complaining
• 闷骚mēn sāo(colloquial) outwardly cold or retiring but deep and passionate inside
• 喧哗与骚动Xuān huá yǔ Sāo dòngThe Sound and the Fury (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·威廉·福克纳
• 撩骚liáo sāoto flirt

Characters built on 蚤

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

• 搔sāoto scratch; old variant of 骚
• 瘙sàoitch; old term for scabies; Taiwan pr. sāo

Characters that look like 骚

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

• 摄shè(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to capture (video or still images)…
• 猎lièhunting
• 菇gū(bound form) mushroom
• 琚jūornamental gems for belt
• 捶chuíto beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound
• 搔sāoto scratch; old variant of 骚

Sounds the same

Read sāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 搔to scratch; old variant of 骚
• 臊to smell of urine (or sweat etc)
• 缫to reel silk from cocoons
• 慅agitated
• 𩙫blowing of the wind
• 缲to reel silk from cocoons