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chǎo

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chǎo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chǎo | chao3
English translation
to quarrel
to make a noise
noisy
to disturb by making a noise
to argue, to dispute; to annoy, to disturb

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About chǎo

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

chǎo

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of chǎo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口少

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

shǎo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and shǎo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using chǎo

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这些 zhè xiē zéi wéi fēn tōu lái de 物品 wù pǐn ér 争吵 zhēng chǎo .

The thieves quarrelled about the division of their stolen goods.

破晓 pò xiǎo shí 鸟儿 niǎo r 不断 bùduàn 吱吱 de jiào , 我们 wǒmen chǎo xǐng le .

The birds, chirping relentlessly, woke us up at daybreak.

qiáo ,孩子 háizi bèi 你们 nǐ men chǎo xǐng le .

Look ! You've woken the child with your noise.

所有 suǒyǒu de 邻居 línjū dōu chǎo fān le .

She has fallen out with all her neighbors.

那儿 nà r 多么 duōme 吵闹 chǎo nào ya !

What a racket over there.

Words with chǎo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
chǎo noisy chǎo
吵架 chǎojià to quarrel吵架 chǎojià
争吵 zhēng chǎo to quarrel爭吵
吵闹 chǎo nào noisy吵鬧
大吵大闹 dà chǎo dà nào to make a scene大吵大鬧
吵吵 chāo chao to quarrel吵吵 chāo chao
吵嘴 chǎo zuǐ to quarrel吵嘴 chǎo zuǐ
吵嚷 chǎo rǎng clamour吵嚷 chǎo rǎng
吵闹声 chǎo nào shēng noise吵鬧聲
吵吵嚷嚷 chǎo chǎo rǎng rǎng to make an (unnecessary) racket (idiom)吵吵嚷嚷 chǎo chǎo rǎng rǎng

chǎo Decomposition & Compounds

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chǎo Decomposition

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