騷
sāo

harass

骚 (騷) sāo
disturb descriptive
to disturb, disrupt, or cause a commotion (often as a bound form)

战乱使得当地的社会局势一片骚然。

zhàn​luàn shǐ​de dāng​dì de shè​huì jú​shì yī piàn sāo rán.

War has left the local social situation in a state of turmoil.

flirty verb
flirty, coquettish, or suggestive in behavior and appearance

那个人说话的语气听起来有点骚。

nà gè rén shuō​huà de yǔ​qì tīng qi​lai yǒu​diǎn sāo.

The way that person talks sounds a bit suggestive.

foul-smelling noun
having a rank, pungent, or urine-like odor

羊肉如果不处理好，会有一股很重的骚味。

yáng​ròu rú​guǒ bù chǔ​lǐ hǎo, huì yǒu yī gǔ hěn zhòng de sāo wèi.

If mutton isn't prepared properly, it will have a strong gamey smell.

male animal noun
referring to the male of certain domestic animals (dialectal)

这户人家养了一头骚猪，专门用来给邻近村子的母猪配种。

zhè hù rén​jiā yǎng le yī tóu sāo zhū, zhuān​mén yòng​lái gěi lín​jìn cūn​zi de mǔ​zhū pèi​zhǒng.

This family keeps a breeding boar specifically for mating with sows in the neighboring villages.

poetry noun
literary writings or classical poetry, often referring to works in the style of the 'Li Sao'

古往今来，这里聚集了许多骚人墨客。

gǔ​wǎng​jīn​lái, zhè​lǐ jù​jí le xǔ​duō sāo rén mò​kè.

Throughout the ages, many poets and literati have gathered here.

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Frequency
Character
Written text
2,237th most common 27.2 per million
Movie subtitles
1,662nd most common 33.8 per million appears in 16% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
6.92 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
13.0 per million

Details
Simplified
骚
Strokes
19
Unicode
U+9A37

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