撒娇 (撒嬌)
sā jiāo
Pinyin

Definition

撒娇 (撒嬌)
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sā jiāo
  1. to act like a spoiled child
  2. to throw a tantrum
  3. to act coquettishly

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

撒
sā
  1. 1 to let go
  2. 2 to cast
  3. 3 to let loose
  4. 4 to discharge
  5. 5 to give expression to
撒娇
sā jiāo
  1. 1 to act like a spoiled child
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
  3. 3 to act coquettishly
播撒
bō sǎ
  1. 1 to sow (seeds)
  2. 2 to scatter
凯撒
Kǎi sā
  1. 1 Caesar or Kaiser (name)
吃喝拉撒睡
chī hē lā sā shuì
  1. 1 to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep
  2. 2 (fig.) the ordinary daily routine

Idioms (5)

不见兔子不撒鹰
bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng
  1. 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
  2. 2 one doesn't act without some incentive
撒手不管
sā shǒu bù guǎn
  1. 1 to stand aside and do nothing (idiom)
  2. 2 to take no part in
撒手人寰
sā shǒu rén huán
  1. 1 to leave one's mortal frame (idiom)
  2. 2 to die
撒手闭眼
sā shǒu bì yǎn
  1. 1 to have nothing further to do with a matter (idiom)
撒网捕风
sā wǎng bǔ fēng
  1. 1 lit. the wind cannot be caught in a net
  2. 2 to waste one's effort (idiom)

Sample Sentences

倒不是，导火索是我做得太过火了，每次大姨妈来，我都拉肚子，就爱向他撒娇卖萌求安慰，时间久了他有点不以为然了，昨天他说“不就是拉肚子吗”。
dào bùshì ，dǎohuǒsuǒ shì wǒ zuò de tài guòhuǒ le ，měicì dàyímā lái ，wǒ dōu lā dùzi ，jiù ài xiàng tā sājiāo màiméng qiú ānwèi ，shíjiān jiǔ le tā yǒudiǎnr bùyǐwéirán le ，zuótiān tā shuō “bù jiùshì lā dùzi ma ”。
That's not it at all. The trigger was me going overboard. Every time my Aunt Flow comes to town, I always get diarrhea, so I'll act all cute and distraught with him and ask him to comfort me. After a while he started to have a problem with it, and yesterday he said "Isn't it just diarrhea?".
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女孩子经常撒娇，威胁男朋友。
nǚháizi jīngcháng sājiāo ，wēixié nán péngyou 。
Girls often act like a child and threaten their boyfriends.
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女孩子撒娇的时候，指“我”。
nǚháizi sājiāo de shíhou ，zhǐ “wǒ ”。
When girls are being pouty, it refers to 'I'.
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因为男人这样说话太娘娘腔了。女孩子撒娇的时候才会这么说。
yīnwèi nánrén zhèyàngde shuōhuà tài niángniángqiāng le 。nǚháizi sājiāo de shíhou cái huì zhème shuō 。
It just sounds too girly for a guy to say those things. Only girls talk like that, when they’re whining.
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我一个大男人撒起娇来多没样子啊。改日我让我老婆来给你演示，她的撒娇功力我到现在都招架不住。
wǒ yī ge dà nánrén sā qǐ jiāo lái duō méi yàngzi a 。gǎirì wǒ ràng wǒ lǎopo lái gěi nǐ yǎnshì ，tā de sājiāo gōnglì wǒ dào xiànzài dōu zhāojià bùzhù 。
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那是他们不理解撒娇的精髓。你把我的精辟见解跟他们说说，绝对能把他们的思想扭转过来。
nà shì tā men bù lǐjiě sājiāo de jīngsuǐ 。nǐ bǎ wǒ de jīngpì jiànjiě gēn tā men shuōshuo ，juéduì néng bǎ tā men de sīxiǎng niǔzhuǎn guòlai 。
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你觉得胡搅蛮缠不对，说不定别人还觉得特别有魅力呢。毕竟撒娇是种挺主观的行为。我有几个外国朋友，不论男女，都觉得撒娇特别做作，一点儿都不可爱。
nǐ juéde hújiǎománchán bùduì ，shuōbudìng biérén hái juéde tèbié yǒu mèilì ne 。bìjìng sājiāo shì zhǒng tǐng zhǔguān de xíngwéi 。wǒ yǒu jǐ ge wàiguó péngyou ，bùlùn nánnǚ ，dōu juéde sājiāo tèbié zuòzuò ，yīdiǎnr dōu bù kě ài 。
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我是说别胡搅蛮缠，耍小孩子脾气，非要男人对她百依百顺。这是最拙劣的撒娇。
wǒ shì shuō bié hú jiǎománchán ，shuǎ xiǎo háizi píqì ，fēi yào nánrén duì tā bǎiyībǎishùn 。zhè shì zuì zhuōliè de sājiāo 。
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太双重标准了。你们高兴的时候，撒娇就是好。你们烦的时候，撒娇就是不懂道理？
tài shuāngchóng biāozhǔn le 。nǐ men gāoxìng de shíhou ，sājiāo jiùshì hǎo 。nǐ men fán de shíhou ，sājiāo jiùshì bù dǒng dàolǐ ？
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看你对此还挺有研究的嘛。那你说说，什么是会撒娇？
kàn nǐ duìcǐ hái tǐng yǒu yánjiū de ma 。nà nǐ shuōshuo ，shénmeshì huì sājiāo ？
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