Chinese symbol for “sadist”

虐待狂

nüè dài kuáng

sadism; sadist

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sadist is 虐待狂 (nüè dài kuáng), defined as: sadism; sadist.

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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

狂 kuáng

insane, mad; violent; wild

radical 94 ⽝ · 7 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 虐待狂.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
虐待	nüè dài	to mistreat; to maltreat
肆虐	sì nüè	to wreak havoc; to devastate
暴虐	bào nüè	brutal; tyrannical
受虐	shòu nüè	to suffer sexual abuse; masochism
虐杀 (虐殺)	nüè shā	to kill (or assault) sadistically
性虐待	xìng nüè dài	sexual abuse
等待	děng dài	to wait; to wait for
对待 (對待)	duì dài	to treat; treatment
疯狂 (瘋狂)	fēng kuáng	crazy; frenzied; wild

See also: Japanese symbol for “sadist”.

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.