Taxonomy of meanings for 嬌:  

  • 嬌 qiáo (OC: ɡrew MC: ɡɯiɛu) 巨嬌切 平 廣韻:【廣雅云禹妃之名又音驕 】
  • 嬌 jiǎo (OC: krewʔ MC: kɯiɛu) 居夭切 上 廣韻:【女字又居喬切 】
  • 嬌 jiāo (OC: krew MC: kɯiɛu) 舉喬切 平 廣韻:【女字亦態 】

    Additional information about 嬌

    說文解字:    【嬌】,姿也。从女、喬聲。 【舉喬切】

      Criteria
    • SEXY

      1. The general noun is sè 色 "female beauty" which seems to be used only in nominal functions.

      2. The specific "adjective" would be yàn 艷 / 豔 which comes as close to "sexy" as any ancient Chinese word. ZUO: 美而艷

      3. Jiǎo 姣 (also applied to men) and jiāo 嬌 are less dramatic than yàn 艷 and refer to personal charm as well beauty as such.

      4. Yǎo tiǎo 窈窕 is the standard poetic cliche word for female attractiveness.

      5. Mèi 媚 "seductively beautiful" includes an idea of deliberate acting or deliberate use of make-up to please someone. See FLATTER.

      6. Kuā 姱 "lovely" is a highly poetic SHI and CC word of little currency in prose writing.