釁 [衅]

Jyutping jan6
Pinyin xìn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. quarrel
  2. dispute
  3. a blood sacrifice (arch.)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character, archaic, historical
    blood rite, in which the blood of a sacrifice is smeared upon an object
  2. character
    a surname
  3. character, historical
    blood rite, in which the blood of a sacrifice is smeared upon an object
  4. character, archaic
    crack; rift
  5. character
    dispute; quarrel; feud
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. smear with blood in sacrifice
  2. rift, quarrel
  3. Cangjie Input - Simplified
    HTFQ
  4. Cangjie Input - Traditional
    HBMCH
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #972
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    有时候冰球运动员相互挑衅得太厉害以至于会引发斗殴。
    有時候冰球運動員相互挑釁得太厲害以至於會引發鬥毆。
    yǒu shí hou bīng qiú yùn dòng yuán xiāng hù tiǎo xìn dé tài lì hai yǐ zhì yú huì yǐn fā dòu ōu 。
    • Sometimes hockey players get so competitive that fights break out.
  2. Mandarin
    他是个挑衅高手。
    他是個挑釁高手。
    tā shì gè tiǎo xìn gāo shǒu 。
    • He's a master of provocation.
  3. Mandarin
    萨米对顾客变得更加挑衅了。
    薩米對顧客變得更加挑釁了。
    sà mǐ duì gù kè biàn de gèng jiā tiǎo xìn le 。
    • Sami became more aggressive with customers.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    我有压力，你有压力，你做咩要挑衅我？
    我有壓力，你有壓力，你做咩要挑釁我？
    ngo5 jau5 aat3 lik6 ， nei5 jau5 aat3 lik6 ， nei5 zou6 me1 jiu3 tiu1 jan6 ngo5 ？
    • "You have pressure, I have pressure, why do you want to provoke me?"
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢拎住把刀挑衅我。
    佢拎住把刀挑釁我。
    keoi5 ling1 zyu6 baa2 dou1 tiu1 jan6 ngo5.
    • He provoked me with a knife.
  2. Cantonese
    寻衅滋事
    尋釁滋事
    cam4 jan6 zi1 si6
    • to pick quarrels and provoke trouble
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    在寻衅滋事犯罪中，孙小果无事生非，借故滋事，具有驾车追逐冲撞、持械随意殴打他人等情节。
    在尋釁滋事犯罪中，孫小果無事生非，藉故滋事，具有駕車追逐衝撞、持械隨意毆打他人等情節。
    zài xún xìn zī shì fàn zuì zhōng ， sūn xiǎo guǒ wú shì shēng fēi ， jiè gù zī shì ， jù yǒu jià chē zhuī zhú chōng zhuàng ， chí xiè suí yì ōu dǎ tā rén děng qíng jié ．
    • In his offence of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, Sun Xiaoguo made trouble out of nothing and provoke disputes based on excuses. Acts like chasing and hitting others when driving vehicles, or arbitrarily beating others was also observed.