Chinese symbol for “pester”
死缠烂打
sǐ chán làn dǎ
Traditional: 死纏爛打
(coll.) to pester; to harass
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pester is 死缠烂打 (sǐ chán làn dǎ), defined as: (coll.) to pester; to harass.
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 “pester”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 磨 | mó | to rub; to grind |
| 蘑菇 | mó gu | mushroom; to pester |
| 缠绕 (纏繞) | chán rào | twisting; to twine |
| 磨蹭 | mó ceng | to rub lightly; to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally |
| 厮缠 (廝纏) | sī chán | to pester |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 死缠烂打.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 死亡 | sǐ wáng | to die; death |
| 杀死 (殺死) | shā sǐ | to kill |
| 死刑 | sǐ xíng | death penalty; capital punishment |
| 死者 | sǐ zhě | the dead; the deceased |
| 死去 | sǐ qù | to die |
| 打死 | dǎ sǐ | to kill; to beat to death |
| 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 |
| 灿烂 (燦爛) | càn làn | to glitter; brilliant |
| 打开 (打開) | dǎ kāi | to open; to show (a ticket) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pester”.
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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