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Chinese symbol for “talkative”

饶舌
ráo shé
Traditional: 饒舌
talkative; to blather; to shoot one's mouth off; rap (genre of music)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for talkative is 饶舌 (ráo shé), defined as: talkative; to blather; to shoot one's mouth off; rap (genre of music).

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

饶 ráo
abundant, bountiful
radical 184 ⾷ · 9 strokes
舌 shé
tongue; bell clapper
radical 135 ⾆ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “talkative”

WordPinyinMeaning
多嘴duō zuǐtalkative; to speak out of turn
贫嘴 (貧嘴)pín zuǐtalkative; garrulous
喦niètalkative
嗫嗫 (囁囁)niè niètalkative; light and soft (of voice)
多言duō yánwordy; talkative

Related words

Other words that share a character with 饶舌.

WordPinyinMeaning
求饶 (求饒)qiú ráoto beg for mercy
饶恕 (饒恕)ráo shùto forgive; to pardon
富饶 (富饒)fù ráofertile; richly provided
丰饶 (豐饒)fēng ráorich and fertile
饶命 (饒命)ráo mìngto spare sb's life
舌头 (舌頭)shé toutongue; 个 (gè)
喉舌hóu shémouthpiece; spokesperson
瞠目结舌 (瞠目結舌)chēng mù jié shé(idiom) dumbfounded; flabbergasted; stunned

See also: Japanese symbol for “talkative”.

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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