骚
(bound form) to disturb; to disrupt; flirty; coquettish; abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1]; (literary) literary writings; poetry; foul-smelling (variant of 臊[sao1]); (dialect) (of certain domestic animals) male
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How 骚 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A flea 蚤 biting a horse 马; 蚤 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
disturb · Heisig RSH #2901
虫 insect + 马 horse + 叉 fork
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 骚
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 独领风骚 | dú lǐng fēng sāo | most outstanding; par excellence |
| 骚乱者 | sāo luàn zhě | a rioter |
| 骚动 | sāo dòng | disturbance; uproar; CL:陣|阵[zhen4]; to become restless |
| 骚体 | sāo tǐ | poetry in the style of 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1] |
| 发骚 | fā sāo | horny; lecherous |
| 风骚 | fēng sāo | literary excellence; flirtatious behavior |
| 骚情 | sāo qíng | frivolous; flirtatious |
| 骚然 | sāo rán | turbulent |
| 骚包 | sāo bāo | (slang) alluring; showy; flashy and enticing person; painted Jezebel |
| 骚话 | sāo huà | obscenities; lewd talk |
| 满腹牢骚 | mǎn fù láo sāo | lit. belly full of complaints (idiom); discontent; always moaning and complaining |
| 骚客 | sāo kè | (literary) poet; literati |
| 骚货 | sāo huò | loose woman; slut |
| 离骚 | Lí Sāo | On Encountering Sorrow, poem by Qu Yuan 屈原[Qu1 Yuan2] in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞[Chu3 ci2] |
| 性骚扰 | xìng sāo rǎo | sexual harassment |
| 发牢骚 | fā láo sāo | to whine; to be grouchy |
| 骚乱 | sāo luàn | disturbance; riot; to create a disturbance |
| 骚味 | sāo wèi | foul smell |
| 拿骚 | Ná sāo | Nassau, capital of The Bahamas |
| 骚瑞 | sāo ruì | (loanword) sorry |