骚
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sāo · to annoy, to bother

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12Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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马Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 骚

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sāoWords pronounced sāo
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Example sentences

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Měi rén xīn lǐ dōu yǒu láo sāo.每人心里都有牢骚。

Everyone has something that's troubling him.

Source: Tatoeba #3106250 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Ràng nǐ de érzi bié lái sāo rǎo wǒ de nǚ ér.让你的儿子别来骚扰我的女儿。

Tell your son to quit harassing my daughter.

Source: Tatoeba #13890572 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ cāi wǒ néng lǎo shí dì zuò zài zhè gèng jiǔ, bù fā yí jù láo sāo, ér bú xiàng nǐ.我猜我能老实地坐在这更久,不发一句牢骚,而不像你。

I bet I can sit here longer without saying a thing than you can.

Source: Tatoeba #13887413 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Xíng dòng bǐ yǔ yán gèng yǒu shuō fú lì. bié fā láo sāo duō zuò shì.行动比语言更有说服力。别发牢骚多做事。

Actions speak louder than words. Stop complaining and do it.

Source: Tatoeba #347709 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tāng mǔ lǎo shì fā láo sāo.汤姆老是发牢骚。

Tom complains all the time.

Source: Tatoeba #4760015 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tíng zhǐ fā láo sāo ba.停止发牢骚吧。

Stop grumbling.

Source: Tatoeba #5092142 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 骚 in context

  1. Say sāo, then recall the core meaning: to annoy, to bother.
  2. Write all 12 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 牢骚 (láo sāo), meaning “discontent”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 骚 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.