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Chinese symbol for “gigolo”

小白脸
xiǎo bái liǎn
Traditional: 小白臉
attractive young man (usually derog.); pretty boy; gigolo

The closest CC-CEDICT match for gigolo is 小白脸 (xiǎo bái liǎn), defined as: attractive young man (usually derog.); pretty boy; gigolo.

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

小 xiǎo
small, tiny, insignificant
radical 42 ⼩ · 3 strokes
白 bái
white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
radical 106 ⽩ · 5 strokes
脸 liǎn
face, cheek; reputation
radical 130 ⾁ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “gigolo”

WordPinyinMeaning
娈童 (孌童)luán tóngcatamite (boy as homosexual partner); kept man
面首miàn shǒuhandsome male companion; gigolo

Related words

Other words that share a character with 小白脸.

WordPinyinMeaning
小时 (小時)xiǎo shíhour
小说 (小說)xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction
小学 (小學)xiǎo xuéelementary school; primary school
小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss
小组 (小組)xiǎo zǔgroup
小孩xiǎo háichild; 个 (gè)
明白míng baiclear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable
白色bái sèwhite; fig. reactionary
丢脸 (丟臉)diū liǎnto lose face; humiliation

See also: Japanese symbol for “gigolo”.

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.