Chinese symbol for “provocative”
煽动性
shān dòng xìng
Traditional: 煽動性
provocative
The closest CC-CEDICT match for provocative is 煽动性 (shān dòng xìng), defined as: provocative.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “provocative”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挑逗性 | tiǎo dòu xìng | provocative; tantalizing |
| 刺激性 | cì jī xìng | thrilling; exciting |
| 火辣 | huǒ là | painful heat; scorching |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 煽动性.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 煽动 (煽動) | shān dòng | to incite; to instigate |
| 煽情 | shān qíng | to stir up emotion; to arouse sympathy |
| 煽风点火 (煽風點火) | shān fēng diǎn huǒ | (idiom) to fan the flames; to incite people |
| 煽阴风 (煽陰風) | shān yīn fēng | to raise an ill wind |
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 行动 (行動) | xíng dòng | operation; action |
| 动物 (動物) | dòng wù | animal |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
See also: Japanese symbol for “provocative”.
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.