Chinese symbol for “tease”
逗
dòu
to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tease is 逗 (dòu), defined as: to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读 (dòu)).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “tease”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 取笑 | qǔ xiào | to tease; to make fun of |
| 撩 | liáo | to tease; to provoke |
| 嘲弄 | cháo nòng | to tease; to poke fun at |
| 捉弄 | zhuō nòng | to tease |
| 作弄 | zuò nòng | to tease; to play tricks on |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 逗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 逗留 | dòu liú | to stay for a while; to sojourn |
| 挑逗 | tiǎo dòu | to provoke; to entice |
| 逗号 (逗號) | dòu hào | comma (punct.) |
| 逗乐 (逗樂) | dòu lè | to amuse oneself; to clown around |
| 逗趣 | dòu qù | to amuse; to make sb laugh |
| 秀逗 | xiù dòu | to short-circuit; (fig.) to have a mental lapse |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tease”.
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.