Chinese symbol for “corny”
肉麻
ròu má
sickening; corny; sappy; maudlin
The closest CC-CEDICT match for corny is 肉麻 (ròu má), defined as: sickening; corny; sappy; maudlin; fulsome (of praise).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 肉麻.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肌肉 | jī ròu | muscle; flesh |
| 牛肉 | niú ròu | beef |
| 猪肉 (豬肉) | zhū ròu | pork |
| 肉体 (肉體) | ròu tǐ | physical body |
| 鸡肉 (雞肉) | jī ròu | chicken meat |
| 烤肉 | kǎo ròu | to barbecue meat; to roast meat; barbecued meat; roast meat |
| 麻烦 (麻煩) | má fan | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying |
| 大麻 | dà má | hemp (Cannabis sativa); cannabis |
See also: Japanese symbol for “corny”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.