<p>I'm afraid there is no "common usage" of these two characters in contemporary Chinese. They are used only in colloquial dialect.</p>

<p>For exapmle:
<code>我嬲都不嬲你</code> <code>I don't fuck with you</code></p>

<p>You may hear this sentence, but you can hardly see it in the written Chinese.</p>

<p>To find out their difference, just consider them as pictographic characters, then what is the difference between teasing scenarios "Man-Woman-Man" and "Woman-Man-Woman"? You can imagine it, right? </p>

<p><strong>Edit:</strong> Perhaps <code>嫐</code> is more sexy(coquettish) than <code>嬲</code>, according to 《康熙字典》: <code>“娆，嫐也。”</code></p>

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<p>I am not sure about other Chinese dialects, but in Cantonese, only the character 嬲 is used while the character 嫐 is not used.</p>

<p>As far as I can tell, the two characters do not exist in standard Mandarin.</p>

<p>It seems like the character 嫐 is in use by dialects around Hubei? But I am not too familiar with the dialects in that area and as such cannot specify about it</p>

<p>Regardless, the character seems to carry different meaning in different dialects, so OP might want to clarify which dialect's meaning was he looking at.</p>

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I didn't know they're not used in standard Mandarin, that's actually what I had in mind.
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<p>Although this article is about the Japanese usage of the characters you may find it interesting.</p>
<p><a href="https://soranews24.com/2017/10/21/foreigners-misreading-japanese-kanji-of-two-men-one-woman-is-too-pure-for-japanese-internet/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://soranews24.com/2017/10/21/foreigners-misreading-japanese-kanji-of-two-men-one-woman-is-too-pure-for-japanese-internet/</a></p>

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<p>According to mdbg.net, both characters have a meaning of "to tease":</p>

<p><a href="https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&amp;wdrst=0&amp;wdqb=%E5%AC%B2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">嬲</a></p>

<pre><code>to tease / to disturb
</code></pre>

<p><a href="https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&amp;wdrst=0&amp;wdqb=%E5%AB%90" rel="nofollow noreferrer">嫐</a></p>

<pre><code>to tease / to play around with
</code></pre>

<p>Are both of them primarily used as synonyms for "tease"?  Or are they commonly understood to have the connotation difference of "bothersome" vs. "playful" teasing?</p>

<p>If the latter is true, as a comparative Google Image search of the two characters suggests, I'm rather curious about the etymology of "man-woman-man = bothersome" and "woman-man-woman = playful".  But my main question is about current common usage of the two.</p>

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ask web ＂嬲＂ 跟＂嫐＂有什么区别 get e.g. 嬲与嫐有什么区别？https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/454921195215304885.html
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嬲 is a very common word in Cantonese.  http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/309/ [粵] nau1 - Cantonese only: 
get angry; take offence; detest

[粵] niu5 | [國] niao3
[literary] tease; pester
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What is the difference between 嫐 and 嬲?
# What is the difference between 嫐 and 嬲?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-29)

According to mdbg.net, both characters have a meaning of "to tease":

[嬲](https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqb=%E5%AC%B2)

```
to tease / to disturb

```

[嫐](https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqb=%E5%AB%90)

```
to tease / to play around with

```

Are both of them primarily used as synonyms for "tease"? Or are they commonly understood to have the connotation difference of "bothersome" vs. "playful" teasing?

If the latter is true, as a comparative Google Image search of the two characters suggests, I'm rather curious about the etymology of "man-woman-man = bothersome" and "woman-man-woman = playful". But my main question is about current common usage of the two.

**Tags:** difference, etymology, radicals, glyph-origin

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: ask web ＂嬲＂ 跟＂嫐＂有什么区别 get e.g. 嬲与嫐有什么区别？https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/454921195215304885.html  
> **username_2**: 嬲 is a very common word in Cantonese.  http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/309/ [粵] nau1 - Cantonese only:  get angry; take offence; detest  [粵] niu5 | [國] niao3 [literary] tease; pester  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2017-12-30. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

I'm afraid there is no "common usage" of these two characters in contemporary Chinese. They are used only in colloquial dialect.

For exapmle:
`我嬲都不嬲你` `I don't fuck with you`

You may hear this sentence, but you can hardly see it in the written Chinese.

To find out their difference, just consider them as pictographic characters, then what is the difference between teasing scenarios "Man-Woman-Man" and "Woman-Man-Woman"? You can imagine it, right?

**Edit:** Perhaps `嫐` is more sexy(coquettish) than `嬲`, according to 《康熙字典》: `“娆，嫐也。”`


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### Answer by username_4 on 2017-12-30. Score: 3

I am not sure about other Chinese dialects, but in Cantonese, only the character 嬲 is used while the character 嫐 is not used.

As far as I can tell, the two characters do not exist in standard Mandarin.

It seems like the character 嫐 is in use by dialects around Hubei? But I am not too familiar with the dialects in that area and as such cannot specify about it

Regardless, the character seems to carry different meaning in different dialects, so OP might want to clarify which dialect's meaning was he looking at.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I didn't know they're not used in standard Mandarin, that's actually what I had in mind.  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2022-10-09. Score: 0

Although this article is about the Japanese usage of the characters you may find it interesting.

<https://soranews24.com/2017/10/21/foreigners-misreading-japanese-kanji-of-two-men-one-woman-is-too-pure-for-japanese-internet/>

> **Comments:**
> **username_6**: See [this post](https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/225370) for an explanation as to why link-only answers are not answers.  Also, could you please [edit] to explain how this link answers the question?  

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