Chinese symbol for “provocation”
挑衅
tiǎo xìn
Traditional: 挑釁
to provoke; provocation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for provocation is 挑衅 (tiǎo xìn), defined as: to provoke; provocation.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “provocation”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 挑衅.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挑战 (挑戰) | tiǎo zhàn | to challenge; to take on a challenge; a challenge |
| 挑选 (挑選) | tiāo xuǎn | to choose; to select |
| 挑起 | tiǎo qǐ | to provoke; to stir up |
| 挑逗 | tiǎo dòu | to provoke; to entice |
| 挑战者 (挑戰者) | tiǎo zhàn zhě | challenger |
| 寻衅 (尋釁) | xún xìn | to pick a quarrel; to start a fight |
| 观衅伺隙 (觀釁伺隙) | guān xìn sì xì | lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom); fig. to search out one's opponent's weak points |
| 边衅 (邊釁) | biān xìn | clash on the frontier; border conflict |
See also: Japanese symbol for “provocation”.
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.