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Chinese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Verb
慫恿
- to instigate; to incite; to provoke
Synonyms
- 主使 (zhǔshǐ)
- 使使 (Hokkien)
- 使唆 (Hokkien)
- 助長/助长 (zhùzhǎng)
- 勾引 (gōuyǐn)
- 反間/反间 (fǎnjiàn)
- 唆使 (suōshǐ)
- 唆擺/唆摆 (so1 baai2) (Cantonese)
- 嗾使 (sǒushǐ)
- 引誘/引诱 (yǐnyòu)
- 引逗 (yǐndòu)
- 扇動/扇动 (shāndòng)
- 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
- 指使 (zhǐshǐ)
- 挑動/挑动 (tiǎodòng)
- 挑唆 (tiǎosuō)
- 挑撥/挑拨 (tiǎobō)
- 挑起 (tiǎoqǐ)
- 挑釁/挑衅 (tiǎoxìn)
- 搬弄 (bānnòng)
- 撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary)
- 撥弄/拨弄 (bōnòng)
- 攏慫/拢怂 (Hokkien)
- 攛掇/撺掇 (cuānduo) (colloquial)
- 教唆 (jiàosuō)
- 煽動/煽动 (shāndòng)
- 煽惑 (shānhuò)
- 簸弄 (bǒnòng)
- 縱臾/纵臾 (zǒngyǒng) (obsolete)
- 縱踴/纵踊 (obsolete)
- 誘使/诱使 (yòushǐ)
- 離間/离间 (líjiàn)
- 鼓動/鼓动 (gǔdòng)
- 鼓惑 (gǔhuò)
- 鼓搗/鼓捣 (gǔdao) (dialectal)