騷 (sou1 | sao1) : disturb; coquettish

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騷

sou1

sao1

[1] disturb; upset; harass; annoy
[2] coquettish; amorous; erotic
[3] smelly; stinky
[4] [粵] [loanword] show

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 20

Level: 3

Radical: (#187)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

騷 / 骚

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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科騷 fo1 sou1 = a floor show (loanword)

騷擾 sou1 jiu5*2 = to harass; to annoy; to disturb; to bother

騷亂 sou1 lyun6 sao1 luan4 = bedlam, a "to-do", putsch

性騷擾 sing3 sou1 jiu5*2 xing4 sao1 rao3 = sexual harassment

發牢騷 faat3 lou4 sou1 fa1 lao2 sao1 = whine

騷動 sou1 dung6 sao1 dong4 = dusturbance, uproar

大騷 daai6 sou1 = to be a show-off (loanword as in "a big show") 粵

做騷 zou6 sou1 = [n] [台] a show (as loanword)

風騷 fung1 sou1 = shapely, attractive, sexy (of a woman)

牢騷 lou4 sou1 lao2 sao1 = complaint, grievance
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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Unicode code for this character: U+9a37 (off-site link)

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