Chinese symbol for “whine”
发牢骚
fā láo sāo
Traditional: 發牢騷
to whine; to be grouchy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for whine is 发牢骚 (fā láo sāo), defined as: to whine; to be grouchy.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “whine”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哀鸣 (哀鳴) | āi míng | (of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound; whine; moan; wail |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 发牢骚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发展 (發展) | fā zhǎn | development; growth |
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
| 发现 (發現) | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect |
| 开发 (開發) | kāi fā | to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop |
| 发布 (發佈) | fā bù | variant of 发布 (fā bù) |
| 坐牢 | zuò láo | to be imprisoned |
| 牢固 | láo gù | firm; secure |
| 牢房 | láo fáng | jail cell; prison cell |
| 骚扰 (騷擾) | sāo rǎo | to disturb; to cause a commotion |
See also: Japanese symbol for “whine”.
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.