傲
ào HSK6

proud

傲 ào
arrogant adjective
full of pride or self-importance; having a haughty attitude

他态度傲慢，让人很难接近。

tā tài​du ào màn, ràng rén hěn nán jiē​jìn.

He has an arrogant attitude that makes him difficult to approach.

proud of
to take pride in; to be proud of something (often used in the construction 以 yǐ...为 wéi...)
unyielding noun
steadfast and firm in spirit; refusing to submit or bow down

他天生一副傲骨，绝不向权势低头。

tā tiān​shēng yī fù ào gǔ, jué bù xiàng quán​shì dī​tóu.

He was born with an unyielding spirit and will never bow to authority.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,960th most common 38.8 per million
Movie subtitles
1,305th most common 58.7 per million appears in 27% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
4.92 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
17.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+50B2

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)