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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.

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

促 cù
to urge, to rush, to hurry; hasty; near, close
radical 9 ⼈ · 9 strokes
狭 xiá
narrow, limited; narrow-minded
radical 94 ⽝ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 促狭.

WordPinyinMeaning
促进 (促進)cù jìnto promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost
促使cù shǐto prompt; to induce; to spur
促成cù chéngto facilitate; to help bring about
促销 (促銷)cù xiāoto promote sales
敦促dūn cùto press; to urge
督促dū cùto supervise and urge completion of a task; to urge on
狭窄 (狹窄)xiá zhǎinarrow
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.

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