傲 (ào): proud, arrogant, to despise
傲 (ào) is a Chinese character meaning “proud.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (semantic) and 敖 (phonetic). It ranks #1933 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 傲 person. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- proud
- arrogant
- to despise
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 傲
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 傲慢adjective | ào màn | arrogant |
| 高傲adjective | gāo ào | arrogant |
| 自傲adjective | zì ào | arrogance |
| 傲气adjective | ào qì | air of arrogance |
| 傲视verb | ào shì | to turn up one's nose |
| 狂傲 | kuáng ào | domineering |
| 冷傲 | lěng ào | icily arrogant |
| 心高气傲phrase | xīn gāo qì ào | proud and arrogant |
| 引以为傲phrase | yǐn yǐ wéi ào | to be intensely proud of sth (idiom) |
| 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后 | xū xīn shǐ rén jìn bù , jiāo ào shǐ rén luò hòu | modesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong) |
| 居功自傲phrase | jū gōng zì ào | satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom) |
| 傲慢与偏见 | ào màn yǔ piān jiàn | Pride and Prejudice, novel by Jane Austen 珍·奧斯汀|珍·奥斯汀 |
| 傲慢无礼phrase | ào màn wú lǐ | (idiom) arrogant |
| 傲人adjective | ào rén | worthy of pride |
| 傲慢少礼 | ào màn shǎo lǐ | see 傲慢無禮|傲慢无礼 |
傲 appears in 34 compound words: 56 as the first character, 32 as the last, and 12 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 傲 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (10)
outstanding talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit; accomplishment out of the ordinary
(lit.) cold-resistant (idiom); (fig.) remaining strong in harsh conditions; resilient; unyielding
outstanding talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit; accomplishment out of the ordinary
Example Sentences
他为人谦虚，从不骄傲自满。
Tā wéirén qiānxū, cóng bù jiāo'ào zìmǎn.
He is modest and never arrogant or complacent.
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玛丽太骄傲了，不是吗？
Mǎlì tài jiāo'ào le, bùshìma?
Mary is very arrogant, isn't she?
他很难掩饰对自己成功的骄傲。
Tā hěn nán yǎnshì duì zìjǐ chénggōng de jiāo'ào.
It was difficult for him to hide his pride in his success.
我无法忍受她傲慢的态度。
Wǒ wúfǎrěnshòu tā àomàn de tàidu.
I couldn't put up with her arrogant behavior.
那位女生对自己的美貌感到很骄傲。
Nà wèi nǚshēng duì zìjǐ de měimào gǎndào hěn jiāo'ào.
That girl is arrogant because of her beauty.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 亻 (person) component
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