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chī

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chī Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chī | chi1
English translation
to laugh at, to ridicule, to sneer at; to snort

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About chī

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

chī

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

To laugh  chī out loud  kǒu chī also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of chī

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

口蚩

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Example sentences using chī

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xián 捐赠 juān zèng 微薄 wēi bó ér 嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí .

She turned her nose up at my small donation.

那么 nà me 这个 zhè ge xīng xuè zhǎo de 资本主义 zī běn zhǔ yì 国度 guó dù duì 有何反应 fǎnyìng ne ?——决然 de 对此嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí .

And the reaction in the land of capitalism red in tooth and claw? Decidedly sniffy.

duì 游击战 yóu jī zhàn 嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí 认为 rènwéi shì 一种 yī zhǒng 冒险主义 mào xiǎn zhǔ yì

He dismissed guerrilla warfare as "adventurism."

要是 yàoshi zài 6 yuè qián huì duì 这个 zhè ge 想法 xiǎng fǎ 嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí

Six months ago she would have laughed at the idea.

gāng 开始 kāishǐ duì 那种 nà zhǒng 想法 xiǎng fǎ 嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí

At first I scoffed at the notion.

Words with chī

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
chī jeer chī
嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí to scoff at嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí
嗤笑 chī xiào to sneer at嗤笑 chī xiào

chī Decomposition & Compounds

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