Chinese symbol for “lewd”
淫荡
yín dàng
Traditional: 淫蕩
loose in morals; lascivious; licentious; lewd
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lewd is 淫荡 (yín dàng), defined as: loose in morals; lascivious; licentious; lewd.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “lewd”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 淫荡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卖淫 (賣淫) | mài yín | prostitution; to prostitute oneself |
| 淫乱 (淫亂) | yín luàn | promiscuous |
| 手淫 | shǒu yín | to masturbate; masturbation |
| 淫秽 (淫穢) | yín huì | obscene; indecent; bawdy |
| 奸淫 (姦淫) | jiān yín | illicit sex; to rape or seduce |
| 动荡 (動盪) | dòng dàng | variant of 动荡 (dòng dàng) |
| 震荡 (震盪) | zhèn dàng | to shake up; to jolt |
| 荡妇 (蕩婦) | dàng fù | prostitute; floozy; slut |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lewd”.
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.