# 嬲

| 嬲 | U+5B32, &#23346; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B32 |
| ← 嬱 [U+5B31] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嬳 → [U+5B33] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嬲 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 田尸女田尸 (WSVWS), four-corner 6642$_7$, composition ⿲男女男)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 273, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6831
* Dae Jaweon: page 541, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1087, character 1
* Unihan data for U+5B32

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

男 (“man”) + 女 (“woman”) + 男 (“man”). Compare 嫐.

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): niǎo (niao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): niu$^5$ / niu$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liáu / siáu / sió
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gniau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: niǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: niǎo
*** Wade–Giles: niao$^3$
*** Yale: nyǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neau
*** Palladius: няо (njao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: niu$^5$ / niu$^4$
*** Yale: níuh / nìuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: niu$^5$ / niu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: niu$^5$ / niu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /niːu̯¹³/, /niːu̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu / siáu / sió
*** Tâi-lô: liáu / siáu / sió
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liao, siao, sioir
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liau⁵³/, /siau⁵³/, /sio⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁵⁵⁴/, /siau⁵⁵⁴/, /sio⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau⁵³/, /siau⁵³/, /sio⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /liau⁵³/, /siau⁵³/, /sio⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau⁴¹/, /siau⁴¹/, /siɤ⁴¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gniau
*** MiniDict: nyau$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$nyiau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲiɔ²³/
* Middle Chinese: newX
Rime :
| Character | 嬲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 泥 (8) |
| Final (韻) | 蕭 (93) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 奴鳥切 |
| Baxter | newX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /neu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /neu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /neu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /nɛw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /neu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /nieu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /nieu$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | niǎo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | niu$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*neːwʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嬲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9516 |
| Phonetic component | 嬲 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 嬲 |
| Old Chinese | /*neːwʔ/ |
| Notes | 嬈後起分化字 |

#### Definitions

嬲
* to make fun of
* to pester

#### Compounds

* 嬲惱 / 嬲恼

### Etymology 2

* 嬲 (Cantonese)
Compare Zhuang naeuq (“angry”).

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): nau$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): niu$^1$ / neu$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nau$^1$
*** Yale: nāu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: neo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /nɐu̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: niu$^1$ / neu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ⁿdiu³³/, /ⁿdeu³³/

#### Definitions

嬲
* (Cantonese, intransitive) to be angry
* (Cantonese, transitive) to be angry at (someone or something)
       nei$^5$ dei$^6$ hai$^6$ mai$^6$ nau$^1$ ngo$^5$ aa$^3$? [Jyutping]
       Are you guys mad at me?

##### Synonyms

* 不平 (bùpíng)
* 不滿 / 不满 (bùmǎn)
* 受氣 / 受气 (siū-khì) (Hokkien, Teochew)
* 嬲爆爆 (nau$^1$ baau$^3$ baau$^3$) (Cantonese)
* 怒 (nù) (literary, or in compounds)
* 怒憤 / 怒愤 (nùfèn) (literary)
* 悻悻 (xìngxìng) (literary)
* 悻然 (xìngrán) (literary)
* 憤怒 / 愤怒 (fènnù)
* 憤慨 / 愤慨 (fènkǎi)
* 憤懣 / 愤懑 (fènmèn)
* 氣呼呼 / 气呼呼 (qìhūhū)
* 氣奪奪 / 气夺夺 (Hokkien)
* 氣怫怫 / 气怫怫 (Hokkien)
* 氣憤 / 气愤 (qìfèn)
* 氣掣掣 / 气掣掣 (Hokkien)
* 氣沖沖 / 气冲冲 (qìchōngchōng)
* 激心 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 火大 (huǒdà)
* 生氣 / 生气 (shēngqì)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 怒 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 生氣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 生氣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 生氣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 生氣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 生氣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 生氣 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 生氣 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 生氣, 發氣, 發火兒, 惱火, 發毛, 毛火 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 生氣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 生氣, 著氣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 生氣 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 生氣, 著氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 慪氣, 慪, 生氣, 發氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 慪氣, 慪, 起氣, 氣, 發氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 生氣, 發氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 生氣, 發氣 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 生氣 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 著氣, 見氣 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 生氣 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 發嬲, 嬲, 激氣 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 發嬲, 嬲, 激氣 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 怒氣, 發火, 谷氣 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 谷氣 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 惱 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 谷氣 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 發嬲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 發嬲 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 谷氣 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 激氣 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 屈火 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 生氣, 嬲氣 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 發相, 發火, 激, 激氣 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Changtan) | 發火, 發氣, 發性, 發火, 冒火, 火冒, 極, 極氣 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 發性, 激氣 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 發脾氣 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 嬲, 發性 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 撞火 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Yangon (Taishan) | 嬲 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 發氣 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 著氣 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 發氣, 著氣 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 見氣, 發氣 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 激氣, 閼, 發譴 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 嬲 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 閼 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 嬲 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 嬲 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 閼 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 發性 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 發嬲 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 閼 |
| Hakka | Changting | 氣 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 惱, 發火 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 生氣 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 發氣 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 氣 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 著氣 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 著急 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 發火 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 譴, 發閼, 發譴, 受氣 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 譴, 發譴, 受氣 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 閼, 發閼, 發譴, 受氣 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 譴, 發閼, 發譴, 受氣 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 閼, 發閼, 發譴, 受氣 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 氣, 發性, 受氣 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 發火 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 火起 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 嬲 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 生氣 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 發響, 見氣 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 生氣 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 燒色, 急 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 受氣 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 受氣, 起歹面 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 受氣 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 生氣 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 受氣 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 受氣 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 受氣 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 受氣 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 受氣, 惱氣 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 受氣 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 受氣 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 受氣 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 受氣 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 受氣 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 起癀 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 受氣 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 受氣 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 生氣, 氣 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 生氣 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 生氣, 激氣 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 生氣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 生氣, 氣, 受氣 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 生氣, 見氣 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 動氣, 氣 |
| Wu | Danyang | 生氣, 見氣 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 生氣, 氣, 急 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 生氣, 見氣 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 發氣, 見氣, 發脾氣 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 發氣 |

#### Compounds

* 不嬲
* 嬲爆爆
* 發嬲 / 发嬲

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): liau
    (Meixian, Guangdong): liau$^4$
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liau
*** Hakka Romanization System: liau
*** Hagfa Pinyim: liau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /li̯au̯⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: liau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /liau⁵³/

#### Definitions

嬲
* (Hakka) Alternative form of 嫽

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): hiaon$^5$
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hiaon$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiâuⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /hĩãũ⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

嬲 (Teochew)
* strange; bizarre
* to play; to have fun

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* ridicule
* tease

#### Readings

(Can we verify this pronunciation?)
* Go-on: にょう (nyō)
* Kan-on: じょう (jō)、どう (dō)
* Kun: なぶる (naburu, 嬲る)

## Korean
### Hanja

嬲 • (nyo) (hangeul 뇨, revised nyo, McCune–Reischauer nyo)
* to taunt
* to mess up