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Chinese symbol for “mistreatment”

虐待
nüè dài
to mistreat; to maltreat; to abuse; mistreatment

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mistreatment is 虐待 (nüè dài), defined as: to mistreat; to maltreat; to abuse; mistreatment; maltreatment.

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

虐 nüè
cruel, harsh, oppressive
radical 141 ⾌ · 9 strokes
待 dài
to entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to wait
radical 60 ⼻ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 虐待.

WordPinyinMeaning
肆虐sì nüèto wreak havoc; to devastate
暴虐bào nüèbrutal; tyrannical
受虐shòu nüèto suffer sexual abuse; masochism
虐杀 (虐殺)nüè shāto kill (or assault) sadistically
性虐待xìng nüè dàisexual abuse
等待děng dàito wait; to wait for
对待 (對待)duì dàito treat; treatment
期待qī dàito look forward to; to await

See also: Japanese symbol for “mistreatment”.

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.

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