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Chinese symbol for “sappy”

肉麻
ròu má
sickening; corny; sappy; maudlin

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sappy is 肉麻 (ròu má), defined as: sickening; corny; sappy; maudlin; fulsome (of praise).

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

肉 ròu
meat; flesh
radical 130 ⾁ · 6 strokes
麻 má
hemp, flax, sesame; numb
radical 200 ⿇ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 肉麻.

WordPinyinMeaning
肌肉jī ròumuscle; flesh
牛肉niú ròubeef
猪肉 (豬肉)zhū ròupork
肉体 (肉體)ròu tǐphysical body
鸡肉 (雞肉)jī ròuchicken meat
烤肉kǎo ròuto barbecue meat; to roast meat; barbecued meat; roast meat
麻烦 (麻煩)má fantrouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying
大麻dà máhemp (Cannabis sativa); cannabis

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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