骚 sāo
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 马 — horse
- Made of
- 马 horse 蚤 flea
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
骚扰
sāorǎo
to harass; to disturb
Characters in this word
扰 rǎo
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 尤 especially, particularly
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 平台必须建立更有效的申诉机制，保护用户免受持续骚扰。 Píngtái bìxū jiànlì gèng yǒuxiào de shēnsù jīzhì, bǎohù yònghù miǎn shòu chíxù sāorǎo. The platform must establish a more effective complaint mechanism to protect users from sustained harassment.
- 她常常接到骚扰电话，最后不得不换了号码。 Tā chángcháng jiēdào sāorǎo diànhuà, zuìhòu bùdébù huànle hàomǎ. She often received harassing phone calls and finally had to change her number.
- 反复给别人发无意义的消息也是一种骚扰。 Fǎnfù gěi biérén fā wú yìyì de xiāoxi yě shì yī zhǒng sāorǎo. Repeatedly sending meaningless messages to others is also a form of harassment.
Related words
- 牢骚 láosāo complaint; grumble
- 骚乱 sāoluàn disturbance; riot; unrest
- 打扰 dǎrǎo to disturb; to bother
- 干扰 gānrǎo to disturb; to interfere with
- 困扰 kùnrǎo to trouble; to bother
- 扰乱 rǎoluàn to disrupt; to disturb
- 破案 pò'àn to solve a criminal case
- 窃取 qièqǔ to steal; to pilfer; to obtain illegally
- 枪毙 qiāngbì to execute by shooting; to reject decisively
- 敲诈 qiāozhà to blackmail; to extort
- 煽动 shāndòng to incite; to stir up
- 弄虚作假 nòngxūzuòjiǎ to falsify; to cheat; to resort to deception