Chinese symbol for “coy”
嗲
diǎ
coy; childish
The closest CC-CEDICT match for coy is 嗲 (diǎ), defined as: coy; childish.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “coy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 怕羞 | pà xiū | coy; shy |
| 扭扭捏捏 | niǔ niǔ niē niē | affecting shyness or embarrassment; coy |
| 扭捏 | niǔ nie | affecting shyness or embarrassment; coy |
| 拿捏 | ná niē | (lit. and fig.) to grasp; to control; (dialect) affecting shyness; coy |
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.