Chinese symbol for “maltreatment”
虐待
nüè dài
to mistreat; to maltreat; to abuse; mistreatment
The closest CC-CEDICT match for maltreatment is 虐待 (nüè dài), defined as: to mistreat; to maltreat; to abuse; mistreatment; maltreatment.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 虐待.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肆虐 | sì nüè | to wreak havoc; to devastate |
| 暴虐 | bào nüè | brutal; tyrannical |
| 受虐 | shòu nüè | to suffer sexual abuse; masochism |
| 虐杀 (虐殺) | nüè shā | to kill (or assault) sadistically |
| 性虐待 | xìng nüè dài | sexual abuse |
| 等待 | děng dài | to wait; to wait for |
| 对待 (對待) | duì dài | to treat; treatment |
| 期待 | qī dài | to look forward to; to await |
See also: Japanese symbol for “maltreatment”.
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.