Chinese symbol for “teasing”
促狭
cù xiá
Traditional: 促狹
(coll.) teasing; mischievous; (coll.) cunning; sly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for teasing is 促狭 (cù xiá), defined as: (coll.) teasing; mischievous; (coll.) cunning; sly.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 促狭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 促进 (促進) | cù jìn | to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost |
| 促使 | cù shǐ | to prompt; to induce; to spur |
| 促成 | cù chéng | to facilitate; to help bring about |
| 促销 (促銷) | cù xiāo | to promote sales |
| 敦促 | dūn cù | to press; to urge |
| 督促 | dū cù | to supervise and urge completion of a task; to urge on |
| 狭窄 (狹窄) | xiá zhǎi | narrow |
| 狭隘 (狹隘) | xiá ài | (of a path etc) narrow; (of a living space etc) cramped |
See also: Japanese symbol for “teasing”.
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.