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Chinese symbol for “squabble”

打闹
dǎ nào
Traditional: 打鬧
to quarrel; to squabble; to be rowdy; to play boisterously; to engage in horseplay

The closest CC-CEDICT match for squabble is 打闹 (dǎ nào), defined as: to quarrel; to squabble; to be rowdy; to play boisterously; to engage in horseplay.

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

打 dǎ
to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
radical 64 ⼿ · 5 strokes
闹 nào
busy, lively; to dispute, to quarrel
radical 169 ⾨ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “squabble”

WordPinyinMeaning
拌嘴bàn zuǐto bicker; to squabble
怄气 (慪氣)òu qìto sulk; to squabble

Related words

Other words that share a character with 打闹.

WordPinyinMeaning
打开 (打開)dǎ kāito open; to show (a ticket)
打击 (打擊)dǎ jīto hit; to strike
打算dǎ suànto plan; to intend
打电话 (打電話)dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call
打破dǎ pòto break; to smash
打败 (打敗)dǎ bàito defeat; to overpower
热闹 (熱鬧)rè naolively; bustling; full of activity; to make things lively; to have a good time
胡闹 (胡鬧)hú nàoto act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble

See also: Japanese symbol for “squabble”.

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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