Chinese symbol for “pride”
骄傲
jiāo ào
Traditional: 驕傲
pride; arrogance; conceited; proud of sth
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pride is 骄傲 (jiāo ào), defined as: pride; arrogance; conceited; proud of sth.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pride”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 骄傲.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骄阳 (驕陽) | jiāo yáng | blazing sun |
| 骄横 (驕橫) | jiāo hèng | arrogant; overbearing |
| 骄纵 (驕縱) | jiāo zòng | arrogant and willful |
| 骄人 (驕人) | jiāo rén | worthy of pride; impressive |
| 戒骄戒躁 (戒驕戒躁) | jiè jiāo jiè zào | to guard against pride and impatience (idiom); to remain modest and keep cool |
| 傲慢 | ào màn | arrogant; haughty |
| 高傲 | gāo ào | arrogant; haughty |
| 傲娇 (傲嬌) | ào jiāo | (coll.) presenting as unfriendly and blunt, but warm and tender inside (loanword from Japanese "tsundere") |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pride”.
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.