Chinese symbol for “troublemaker”
捣蛋鬼
dǎo dàn guǐ
Traditional: 搗蛋鬼
troublemaker
The closest CC-CEDICT match for troublemaker is 捣蛋鬼 (dǎo dàn guǐ), defined as: troublemaker.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “troublemaker”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 坏分子 (壞分子) | huài fèn zǐ | bad element; troublemaker |
| 搅屎棍 (攪屎棍) | jiǎo shǐ gùn | (derog.) shit-stirrer; troublemaker |
| 滚刀肉 (滾刀肉) | gǔn dāo ròu | annoying person; troublemaker |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 捣蛋鬼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 捣乱 (搗亂) | dǎo luàn | to disturb; to look for trouble |
| 捣毁 (搗毀) | dǎo huǐ | to destroy; to smash |
| 捣蛋 (搗蛋) | dǎo dàn | to cause trouble; to stir up trouble |
| 捣鬼 (搗鬼) | dǎo guǐ | to play tricks; to cause mischief |
| 捣碎 (搗碎) | dǎo suì | to pound into pieces; to mash |
| 鼓捣 (鼓搗) | gǔ dao | to tinker with; to incite |
| 蛋糕 | dàn gāo | cake; 块 (kuài),个 (gè) |
| 鸡蛋 (雞蛋) | jī dàn | (chicken) egg; hen's egg |
| 魔鬼 | mó guǐ | devil |
See also: Japanese symbol for “troublemaker”.
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.