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Chinese symbol for “saucy”

讨俏
tǎo qiào
Traditional: 討俏
deliberately provocative; saucy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for saucy is 讨俏 (tǎo qiào), defined as: deliberately provocative; saucy.

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

讨 tǎo
to haggle, to discuss; to demand, to ask for
radical 149 ⾔ · 5 strokes
俏 qiào
to resemble; similar, alike; pretty
radical 9 ⼈ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 讨俏.

WordPinyinMeaning
讨论 (討論)tǎo lùnto discuss; to talk over
讨厌 (討厭)tǎo yànto dislike; to loathe; annoying; troublesome
探讨 (探討)tàn tǎoto investigate; to probe
研讨会 (研討會)yán tǎo huìdiscussion forum; seminar
检讨 (檢討)jiǎn tǎoto examine or inspect; self-criticism
研讨 (研討)yán tǎodiscussion
俏皮qiào pismart; charming
俊俏jùn qiàoattractive and intelligent; charming

See also: Japanese symbol for “saucy”.

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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