嬲

See also: 嫐

嬲 U+5B32, 嬲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B32 ← 嬱 [U+5B31] CJK Unified Ideographs 嬳 → [U+5B33]

Translingual

Han character

嬲 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 田尸女田尸 (WSVWS), four-corner 6642₇, composition ⿲男女男)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 273, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6831
• Dae Jaweon: page 541, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1087, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5B32

Chinese

Glyph origin

男 (“man”) + 女 (“woman”) + 男 (“man”). Compare 嫐.

Etymology 1

trad.		嬲
simp. #		嬲
alternative forms		𤲶 𢣲 𠒰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎo (niao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): niu⁵ / niu⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): niēu
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): nieo³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liáu / siáu / sió
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gniau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎo
    • Wade–Giles: niao³
    • Yale: nyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neau
    • Palladius: няо (njao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: niu⁵ / niu⁴
    • Yale: níuh / nìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: niu⁵ / niu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: niu⁵ / niu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːu̯¹³/, /niːu̯²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: niēu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡieu³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: nieo³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: nâ̤u
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nieu⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: nieo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nieu³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu / siáu / sió
    • Tâi-lô: liáu / siáu / sió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liao, siao, sioir
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /liau⁵³/, /siau⁵³/, /sio⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁵⁵⁴/, /siau⁵⁵⁴/, /sio⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau⁵³/, /siau⁵³/, /sio⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /liau⁵³/, /siau⁵³/, /sio⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau⁴¹/, /siau⁴¹/, /siɤ⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gniau
    • MiniDict: nyau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyiau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲiɔ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: newX

Rime
Character	嬲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	奴鳥切
Baxter	newX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/neuX/
Pan Wuyun	/neuX/
Shao Rongfen	/neuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛwX/
Li Rong	/neuX/
Wang Li	/nieuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nieuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	niu5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*neːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嬲
Reading #	1/1
No.	9516
Phonetic component	嬲
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	嬲
Old Chinese	/*neːwʔ/
Notes	嬈後起分化字

Definitions

嬲

1. to make fun of
2. to pester

Compounds

• 嬲惱 / 嬲恼

Etymology 2

trad.		嬲
simp. #		嬲

Compare Zhuang naeuq (“angry”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): nau¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): niu¹ / neu¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nau¹
    • Yale: nāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: neo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: niu¹ / neu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdiu³³/, /ⁿdeu³³/

Definitions

嬲

1. (Cantonese, intransitive) to be angry
2. (Cantonese, transitive) to be angry at (someone or something)

   你哋係咪嬲我呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你哋系咪嬲我呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ dei⁶ hai⁶ mai⁶ nau¹ ngo⁵ aa³? [Jyutping]

   Are you guys mad at me?

Synonyms

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• 不平 (bùpíng)
• 不滿 / 不满 (bùmǎn)
• 受氣 / 受气 (siū-khì) (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 嬲爆爆 (nau¹ baau³ baau³) (Cantonese)
• 怒 (nù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 怒憤 / 怒愤 (nùfèn) (literary)
• 悻悻 (xìngxìng) (literary)
• 悻然 (xìngrán) (literary)
• 憤怒 / 愤怒 (fènnù)
• 憤慨 / 愤慨 (fènkǎi)
• 憤懣 / 愤懑 (fènmèn)
• 氣呼呼 / 气呼呼 (qìhūhū)
• 氣奪奪 / 气夺夺 (Hokkien)
• 氣怫怫 / 气怫怫 (Hokkien)
• 氣憤 / 气愤 (qìfèn)
• 氣掣掣 / 气掣掣 (Hokkien)
• 氣沖沖 / 气冲冲 (qìchōngchōng)
• 激心 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 火大 (huǒdà)
• 生氣 / 生气 (shēngqì)

Dialectal synonyms of 生氣 (“to be angry”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		怒
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		生氣
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	生氣
	Taiwan	生氣
	Harbin	生氣
	Singapore	生氣
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	生氣
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	生氣
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	生氣, 發氣, 發火兒, 惱火, 發毛, 毛火
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	生氣
	Xi'an	生氣, 著氣
	Xining	生氣
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	生氣, 著氣
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	慪氣, 慪, 生氣, 發氣
	Wuhan	慪氣, 慪, 起氣, 氣, 發氣
	Guiyang	生氣, 發氣
	Guilin	生氣, 發氣
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	生氣
	Yangzhou	著氣, 見氣
	Hefei	生氣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	發嬲, 嬲, 激氣
	Hong Kong	發嬲, 嬲, 激氣
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	怒氣, 發火, 谷氣
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	谷氣
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	惱
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	谷氣
	Macau	嬲
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	嬲
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	嬲
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	嬲
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	嬲
	Foshan	嬲
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	嬲
	Foshan (Shunde)	嬲
	Foshan (Sanshui)	發嬲
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	發嬲
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	嬲
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	嬲
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	嬲
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	嬲
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	嬲
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	嬲
	Taishan	嬲
	Kaiping (Chikan)	嬲
	Enping (Niujiang)	嬲
	Heshan (Yayao)	嬲
	Dongguan	谷氣
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	嬲
	Shaoguan	嬲
	Yunfu	嬲
	Yangjiang	激氣
	Xinyi	嬲
	Lianjiang	嬲
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	屈火
	Hepu (Shatian)	生氣, 嬲氣
	Qinzhou	發相, 發火, 激, 激氣
	Qinzhou (Changtan)	發火, 發氣, 發性, 發火, 冒火, 火冒, 極, 極氣
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	發性, 激氣
	Beihai	發脾氣
	Beihai (Nankang)	嬲
	Beihai (Yingpan)	嬲
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	嬲, 發性
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	嬲
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	嬲
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	撞火
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嬲
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	嬲
	Móng Cái	嬲
	Yangon (Taishan)	嬲
	Mandalay (Taishan)	發氣
Gan	Nanchang	著氣
	Lichuan	發氣, 著氣
	Pingxiang	見氣, 發氣
Hakka	Meixian	激氣, 閼, 發譴
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	嬲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	閼
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	嬲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	嬲
	Wengyuan	閼
	Liannan	發性
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	發嬲
	Jiexi	閼
	Changting	氣
	Wuping (Yanqian)	惱, 發火
	Ninghua	生氣
	Yudu	發氣
	Ningdu	氣
	Tonggu (Sandu)	著氣
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	著急
	Dayu	發火
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	譴, 發閼, 發譴, 受氣
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	譴, 發譴, 受氣
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	閼, 發閼, 發譴, 受氣
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	譴, 發閼, 發譴, 受氣
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	閼, 發閼, 發譴, 受氣
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	氣, 發性, 受氣
	Hong Kong	發火
	Luchuan	火起
	Senai (Huiyang)	嬲
	Singapore (Dabu)	生氣
Huizhou	Jixi	發響, 見氣
Jin	Taiyuan	生氣
Northern Min	Jian'ou	燒色, 急
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	受氣
Southern Min	Xiamen	受氣, 起歹面
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	受氣
	Zhao'an	生氣
	Taipei	受氣
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	受氣
	Kaohsiung	受氣
	Yilan	受氣
	Changhua (Lukang)	受氣, 惱氣
	Taichung	受氣
	Tainan	受氣
	Hsinchu	受氣
	Kinmen	受氣
	Penghu (Magong)	受氣
	Penang (Hokkien)	起癀
	Singapore (Hokkien)	受氣
	Manila (Hokkien)	受氣
	Chaozhou	生氣, 氣
	Shantou	生氣
	Jieyang	生氣, 激氣
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	生氣
	Singapore (Teochew)	生氣, 氣, 受氣
Wu	Shanghai	生氣, 見氣
	Suzhou	動氣, 氣
	Danyang	生氣, 見氣
	Wenzhou	生氣, 氣, 急
	Jinhua	生氣, 見氣
Xiang	Changsha	發氣, 見氣, 發脾氣
	Shuangfeng	發氣

Compounds

• 不嬲
• 嬲爆爆
• 發嬲 / 发嬲

Etymology 3

trad.		嬲
simp. #		嬲

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): liau

  (Meixian, Guangdong): liau⁴

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liau
    • Hakka Romanization System: liau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯au̯⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: liau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /liau⁵³/

Definitions

嬲

1. (Hakka) alternative form of 嫽

Etymology 4

trad.		嬲
simp. #		嬲

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): hiaon⁵

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• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiaon⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiâuⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hĩãũ⁵⁵/

Definitions

嬲 (Teochew)

1. strange; bizarre
2. to play; to have fun

References

• “嬲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “嬲”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 166.

Japanese

Kanji

嬲

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. ridicule
2. tease

Readings

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

• Go-on: にょう (nyō)^{←ねう (neu, historical)}
• Kan-on: じょう (jō)^{←でう (deu, historical)}、どう (dō)^{←だう (dau, historical)}
• Kun: なぶる (naburu, 嬲る)

Korean

Hanja

嬲 • (nyo) (hangeul 뇨, revised nyo, McCune–Reischauer nyo)

1. to taunt
2. to mess up