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cháo

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cháo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cháo | chao2
English translation
to ridicule
to mock
to deride, to jeer at, to ridicule, to scorn
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhāo | zhao1
English translation
see 嘲哳 zhāo zhā , (onom.) twitter
twittering sound

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About cháo

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

cháo

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of cháo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口朝

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Cháo

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using cháo

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hēng le 一下 yīxià 鼻子 bízi 表示 biǎoshì 嘲笑 cháoxiào .

He gave a snort of derision.

yāo zài Zhōng 行乐, zài xiào Zhōng 游戏 yóuxì , zài 嘲弄 cháo nòng Zhōng 大笑 dà xiào !

I'll be bitterly merry, and ironically gay , and I'll laught in derision!

nán 孩子 háizi men 嘲笑 cháoxiào ,因为 yīnwèi 家里 jiā lǐ hěn qióng .

The boys sneered at him because his family was poor.

无数 wúshù de 经验 jīngyàn 使 shǐ duì 她们 tā men bào zhāo zhǒng 讥嘲不屑 bù xiè de 态度 tàidu .

He maintained a cynical attitude, well grounded on numerous experiences.

因为 yīnwèi qióng ,有些 yǒu xiē 女孩子 nǚ hái zi jiù 嘲笑 cháoxiào .

Some girls taunted her because she was poor.

Words with cháo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
嘲笑 cháoxiào to jeer at嘲笑 cháoxiào
cháo to mock cháo
嘲讽 cháo fěng to sneer at嘲諷
嘲弄 cháo nòng to tease嘲弄 cháo nòng
自嘲 zì cháo to mock oneself自嘲 zì cháo
冷嘲热讽 lěng cháo rè fěng frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule冷嘲熱諷
自我解嘲 zì wǒ jiě cháo to refer to one's foibles or failings with self-deprecating humor自我解嘲 zì wǒ jiě cháo
解嘲 jiě cháo to justify oneself解嘲 jiě cháo
嘲谑 cháo xuè to mock and ridicule嘲謔

cháo Decomposition & Compounds

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cháo Decomposition

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