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Chinese symbol for “flirtatious”

娇媚
jiāo mèi
Traditional: 嬌媚
flirtatious; coquettish; sweet and charming; beautiful young woman (old)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for flirtatious is 娇媚 (jiāo mèi), defined as: flirtatious; coquettish; sweet and charming; beautiful young woman (old).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

娇 jiāo
seductive, lovable, tender; pampered; frail
radical 38 ⼥ · 9 strokes
媚 mèi
attractive, charming; to charm, to flatter
radical 38 ⼥ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “flirtatious”

WordPinyinMeaning
翾xuānflirtatious; short flight
目挑心招mù tiǎo xīn zhāothe eye incites, the heart invites (idiom); flirtatious; making eyes at sb
骚情 (騷情)sāo qíngfrivolous; flirtatious

Related words

Other words that share a character with 娇媚.

WordPinyinMeaning
撒娇 (撒嬌)sā jiāoto act like a spoiled child; to act coquettishly
娇小 (嬌小)jiāo xiǎopetite; delicate
娇妻 (嬌妻)jiāo qīlovely wife
娇嫩 (嬌嫩)jiāo nentender and lovely; fragile
娇艳 (嬌豔)jiāo yàntender and beautiful
傲娇 (傲嬌)ào jiāo(coll.) presenting as unfriendly and blunt, but warm and tender inside (loanword from Japanese "tsundere")
妩媚 (嫵媚)wǔ mèilovely; charming
明媚míng mèibright and beautiful

See also: Japanese symbol for “flirtatious”.

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.