騷擾

See also: 骚扰

Chinese

		to bother; to annoy; to have sex appeal	disturb
trad. (騷擾)		騷	擾
simp. (骚扰)		骚	扰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāorǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄠ ㄖㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou¹ jiu^5-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): so-liáu / so͘-liáu / so-jiáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāorǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄠ ㄖㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: saorǎo
    • Wade–Giles: sao¹-jao³
    • Yale: sāu-rǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saurao
    • Palladius: саожао (saožao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʐɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou¹ jiu^5-2
    • Yale: sōu yíu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou¹ jiu^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou¹ yiu^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯⁵⁵ jiːu̯¹³⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so-liáu
    • Tâi-lô: so-liáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soiliao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /so⁴⁴⁻²² liau⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘-liáu
    • Tâi-lô: soo-liáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soliao
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ³³ liau⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so-jiáu
    • Tâi-lô: so-jiáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soijiao
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /so⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ziau⁵³/

Verb

騷擾

1. to harass; to annoy; to be a nuisance to

   騷擾電話／骚扰电话  ―  sāorǎo diànhuà  ―  nuisance call

Related terms

• 騷動／骚动 (sāodòng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (騷擾):

• → Japanese: 騒擾(そうじょう) (sōjō)
• → Korean: 소요(騷擾) (soyo)