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吵架

chǎo jià

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Measure word 顿

吵架 (chǎo jià) means "to quarrel". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 吵架 means

1. to quarrel
2. to have a row
3. quarrel

The characters in 吵架

• 吵chǎoto quarrel; to make a noise; noisy
• 架jiàto support; frame; rack

Example sentences

• 他们吵架了。
  They quarreled.
• 你和肯吵架了吗?
  Did you have a fight with Ken?
• 他们俩又在吵架了。
  Tāmen liǎ yòu zài chǎojià le.
  Those two are quarreling again.
• 她总和她父母吵架。
  Tā zǒng hé tā fùmǔ chǎojià.
  She was always quarreling with her parents.
• 那些人一见面就吵架。
  Whenever they meet, they quarrel.
• 汤姆和玛丽正在吵架。
  Tom and Mary are arguing with each other.

Where 吵架 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Conflict, Anger & Frustration (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chǎo jià correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.