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争吵

zhēng chǎo

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 爭吵

争吵 (zhēng chǎo) means "to quarrel; dispute". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 争吵 means

1. to quarrel
2. dispute

The characters in 争吵

• 争zhēngto strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate
• 吵chǎoto quarrel; to make a noise; noisy

Example sentences

• 你别再跟他争吵了。
  Don't quarrel with him any more.
• 咱们停止争吵和好吧。
  Let's patch up our argument.
• 她一直和她的兄弟争吵。
  Tā yīzhí hé tā de xiōngdì zhēngchǎo.
  She was always quarreling with her brothers.
• 他们的争吵因误解而起。
  Tāmen de zhēngchǎo yīn wùjiě ér qǐ.
  Their quarrel sprung from misunderstanding.
• 她和她父亲的争吵爆发了。
  Tā hé tā fùqīn de zhēngchǎo bàofā le.
  An argument erupted between her and her father.
• 我们的对话总是以争吵收场。
  Wǒmen de duìhuà zǒngshì yǐ zhēngchǎo shōuchǎng.
  Our conversation always ends in a quarrel.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhēng chǎo correctly.
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