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Chinese symbol for “squeal”

啸叫
xiào jiào
Traditional: 嘯叫
to squeal; to screech

The closest CC-CEDICT match for squeal is 啸叫 (xiào jiào), defined as: to squeal; to screech.

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

啸 xiào
to roar, to howl; to scream; to whistle
radical 30 ⼝ · 11 strokes
叫 jiào
cry, shout; to call, to greet, to hail
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “squeal”

WordPinyinMeaning
尖声啼哭 (尖聲啼哭)jiān shēng tí kūsqueal

Related words

Other words that share a character with 啸叫.

WordPinyinMeaning
海啸 (海嘯)hǎi xiàotsunami
呼啸 (呼嘯)hū xiàoto whistle; to scream; to whiz
呼啸而过 (呼嘯而過)hū xiào ér guòto whistle past; to hurtle past
紫啸鸫 (紫嘯鶇)zǐ xiào dōng(bird species of China) blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)
叫做jiào zuòto be called; to be known as
名叫míng jiàocalled; named
尖叫jiān jiàoto screech; to shriek
叫声 (叫聲)jiào shēngyelling (sound made by person); barking

See also: Japanese symbol for “squeal”.

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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