傲 ào
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 敖 to ramble, to play about
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
傲慢
àomàn
arrogant; haughty
Characters in this word
慢 màn
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 曼 long, extended, vast
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 那位经理傲慢地打断员工发言，结果让原本可以协商的问题彻底激化。 Nà wèi jīnglǐ àomàn de dǎduàn yuángōng fāyán, jiéguǒ ràng yuánběn kěyǐ xiéshāng de wèntí chèdǐ jīhuà. That manager arrogantly interrupted the employee's speech, which completely intensified an issue that could originally have been negotiated.
- 他用傲慢的语气和服务员说话，让大家很不舒服。 Tā yòng àomàn de yǔqì hé fúwùyuán shuōhuà, ràng dàjiā hěn bù shūfu. He spoke to the waiter in a haughty tone, which made everyone uncomfortable.
- 傲慢使人看不到自己的缺点。 Àomàn shǐ rén kàn bú dào zìjǐ de quēdiǎn. Arrogance stops people from seeing their own faults.
Related words
- 傲 ào proud; arrogant
- 高傲 gāo'ào proud; arrogant
- 慢 màn slow
- 慢慢 mànmàn slowly
- 怠慢 dàimàn to slight; to neglect; to treat coldly
- 慢性 mànxìng chronic
- 霸道 bàdào overbearing; tyrannical
- 巴结 bājie to curry favour with; to fawn on
- 敷衍 fūyǎn to be perfunctory; to fob off
- 吹捧 chuīpěng to flatter; to praise excessively; to hype up
- 大惊小怪 dàjīngxiǎoguài to make a fuss over nothing
- 标榜 biāobǎng to flaunt; to advertise oneself as