Chinese symbol for “dally”
调戏
tiáo xì
Traditional: 調戲
to take liberties with a woman; to dally; to assail a woman with obscenities
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dally is 调戏 (tiáo xì), defined as: to take liberties with a woman; to dally; to assail a woman with obscenities.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 调戏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 调查 (調查) | diào chá | investigation; inquiry |
| 强调 (強調) | qiáng diào | to emphasize (a statement); to stress |
| 调整 (調整) | tiáo zhěng | to adjust; to revise; to reorganize |
| 协调 (協調) | xié tiáo | to coordinate; to harmonize |
| 调节 (調節) | tiáo jié | to adjust; to regulate |
| 空调 (空調) | kōng tiáo | air conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) |
| 游戏 (遊戲) | yóu xì | game (场 (chǎng)); to play |
| 戏剧 (戲劇) | xì jù | a drama; a play; theater; script of a play |
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.