"To instigate" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 鼓动 | gǔ dòng | to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral) / to encourage / to agitate / to instigate / to incite / to beat / to flap (wings, a fan etc) |   |
| 挑拨 | tiǎo bō | to incite disharmony / to instigate | |
| 煽动 | shān dòng | to incite / to instigate | |
| 教唆 | jiào suō | to instigate / to incite / to abet | |
| 怂恿 | sǒng yǒng | to instigate / to incite / to urge / to encourage | |
| 扇动 | shān dòng | to fan / to flap / to incite / to instigate (a strike etc) | |
| 主使 | zhǔ shǐ | to mastermind / to orchestrate / to instigate / mastermind / instigator | |
| 策反 | cè fǎn | to instigate (rebellion etc) / incitement (e.g. to desertion within opposing camp) | |
| 挑唆 | tiǎo suō | to incite / to stir up / to instigate | |
| 倡 |  chàng | to initiate / to instigate / to introduce / to lead | |
| 唆 | suō | (bound form) to incite / to instigate | |
| 偾 | fèn | to instigate / to ruin / to destroy | |
| 掀风鼓浪 | xiān fēng gǔ làng | to raise a storm / to stir up trouble / to instigate | |
| 调唆 | tiáo suō | to provoke / to stir up (trouble) / to instigate | |
| 点鬼火 | diǎn guǐ huǒ | to stir up trouble in secret / to instigate | |
