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嘲

cháo

HSK 6 Character

What 嘲 means

1. to ridicule
2. to mock

Other readings

嘲 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhāoused in {嘲哳|zhāo zhā}

Example sentences

• 他嘲笑我。
  He mocks me.
• 他怕被嘲笑。
  He was afraid of being laughed at.
• 你别嘲弄他们。
  Nǐ bié cháonòng tāmen.
  You ought not to make fun of them.
• 她嘲笑我的诗。
  She scoffed at my poem.
• 你在嘲笑我吗？
  Are you laughing at me?
• 请别嘲笑我们。
  Please don't laugh at us.

Words starting with 嘲

• 嘲笑cháo xiàoto jeer at; to deride; to ridicule
• 嘲讽cháo fěngto sneer at; to ridicule; to taunt
• 嘲弄cháo nòngto tease; to poke fun at; to make fun of
• 嘲谑cháo xuèto mock and ridicule
• 嘲哳zhāo zhā(onomatopoeia) clamorous noise made by numerous people talking or singing, or by musical…

Words containing 嘲

• 自嘲zì cháoto mock oneself; to laugh at oneself
• 冷嘲热讽lěng cháo rè fěngfrigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule
• 自我解嘲zì wǒ jiě cháoto refer to one's foibles or failings with self-deprecating humor
• 群嘲qún cháo(neologism, attested by 2011) to deride a group of people…
• 解嘲jiě cháoto try to cover up in an embarrassing situation; to justify oneself; to find excuses

Characters that look like 嘲

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 懒lǎnlazy
• 鲷diāoporgy; pagrus major
• 斓lánused in 斑斓
• 嘭pēng(onomatopoeia) bang
• 锲qièto cut; to carve; to engrave
• 噤jìnunable to speak; silent

Sounds the same

Read cháo, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 鼂sea turtle
• 晁surname Chao