Chinese symbol for “harass”
缠扰
chán rǎo
Traditional: 纏擾
to harass; to disturb
The closest CC-CEDICT match for harass is 缠扰 (chán rǎo), defined as: to harass; to disturb.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “harass”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骚扰 (騷擾) | sāo rǎo | to disturb; to cause a commotion |
| 扰乱 (擾亂) | rǎo luàn | to disturb; to perturb |
| 死缠烂打 (死纏爛打) | sǐ chán làn dǎ | (coll.) to pester; to harass |
| 搔扰 (搔擾) | sāo rǎo | to disturb; to harass |
| 啰唣 (囉唣) | luó zào | to create a disturbance; to make trouble; to harass |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 缠扰.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 纠缠 (糾纏) | jiū chán | to be in a tangle; to nag |
| 缠身 (纏身) | chán shēn | (of an illness, debt etc) to plague one; to bog one down; to preoccupy one |
| 缠绕 (纏繞) | chán rào | twisting; to twine |
| 缠绵 (纏綿) | chán mián | touching (emotions); lingering (illness) |
| 难缠 (難纏) | nán chán | (usu. of people) difficult; demanding |
| 缠足 (纏足) | chán zú | foot-binding |
| 干扰 (干擾) | gān rǎo | to disturb; to interfere |
| 骚扰 (騷擾) | sāo rǎo | to disturb; to cause a commotion |
See also: Japanese symbol for “harass”.
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.