Chinese symbol for “haunt”
出没
chū mò
Traditional: 出沒
to come and go; to roam about (mostly unseen); (of a ghost) to haunt (a place); (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for haunt is 出没 (chū mò), defined as: to come and go; to roam about (mostly unseen); (of a ghost) to haunt (a place); (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets); (of the sun) to rise and set.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “haunt”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 作祟 | zuò suì | haunted; to haunt |
| 渊薮 (淵藪) | yuān sǒu | (lit.) gathering place of fish or other creatures; (fig.) haunt; lair; nest; den; hotbed |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 出没.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出现 (出現) | chū xiàn | to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up |
| 出来 (出來) | chū lái | to come out; to appear |
| 提出 | tí chū | to raise (an issue); to propose |
| 指出 | zhǐ chū | to indicate; to point out |
| 出版 | chū bǎn | to publish |
| 没有 (沒有) | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't |
| 有没有 (有沒有) | yǒu méi yǒu | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...? |
| 没什么 (沒什麼) | méi shén me | it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome |
See also: Japanese symbol for “haunt”.
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.