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噪

zào

HSK 6 Character

What 噪 means

1. literary(of birds or insects) to chirp
2. bound formto make a cacophonous noise

Other readings

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

• zàovariant of {噪|zào}

Example sentences

• 噪音愈来愈大。
  The noise is getting louder and louder.
• 这噪音很烦人。
  This noise is annoying.
• 噪音把我吵醒了。
  Zàoyīn bǎ wǒ chǎoxǐng le.
  The noise woke me.
• 噪音把她吵醒了。
  Zàoyīn bǎ tā chǎoxǐng le.
  The noise woke her up.
• 噪音吓到了婴儿。
  The noise frightened the baby.
• 他抱怨这个噪音。
  He complained about the noise.

Words starting with 噪

• 噪音zào yīnrumble; noise; static (in a signal)
• 噪声zào shēngnoise
• 噪杂zào záa clamor; a din
• 噪点zào diǎnimage noise
• 噪音盒zào yīn héboombox; ghetto blaster
• 噪声污染zào shēng wū rǎnnoise pollution
• 噪大苇莺zào dà wěi yīng(bird species of China) clamorous reed warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)
• 噪鹃zào juān(bird species of China) Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)

Words containing 噪

• 鼓噪gǔ zào(in ancient times) to beat the drums and yell (at the moment of launching into battle)…
• 聒噪guō zàoa clamor; noisy
• 减噪jiǎn zàonoise reduction
• 降噪jiàng zàonoise reduction
• 杂噪zá zàoa clamor; a din
• 风噪fēng zàowind noise
• 信噪比xìn zào bǐsignal-to-noise ratio
• 白噪声bái zào shēngwhite noise
• 射频噪声shè pín zào shēngradio frequency noise
• 气动噪声qì dòng zào shēngaerodynamic noise
• 声名大噪shēng míng dà zàoto rise to fame
• 电磁噪声diàn cí zào shēngelectromagnetic noise
• 雀噪què zàoto be a noise in the world; to acquire notoriety
• 北噪鸦běi zào yā(bird species of China) Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus)
• 黑头噪鸦hēi tóu zào yā(bird species of China) Sichuan jay (Perisoreus internigrans)
• 鸥嘴噪鸥ōu zuǐ zào ōu(bird species of China) gull-billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
• 恬噪tián zàoto caw
• 大噪鹛dà zào méi(bird species of China) giant laughingthrush (Ianthocincla maxima)
• 山噪鹛shān zào méi(bird species of China) plain laughingthrush (Pterorhinus davidi)
• 棕噪鹛zōng zào méi(bird species of China) buffy laughingthrush (Pterorhinus berthemyi)
• 名噪一时míng zào yī shíto achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom); temporary or local celebrity
• 斑背噪鹛bān bèi zào méi(bird species of China) barred laughingthrush (Ianthocincla lunulata)
• 斑胸噪鹛bān xiōng zào méi(bird species of China) spot-breasted laughingthrush (Garrulax merulinus)
• 栗颊噪鹛lì jiá zào méi(bird species of China) rufous-cheeked laughingthrush (Garrulax castanotis)

Characters built on 喿

These share the phonetic component 喿 (sào), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 操cāoto grasp; to hold; to operate
• 燥zàodry; parched; impatient; vexed; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. sào) minced meat
• 澡zǎobath
• 躁zàoimpatient; hot-tempered
• 臊sàoshame; bashfulness; to shame

Characters that look like 噪

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

• 嘿hēihey
• 噢ōoh; ah (used to indicate realization); also pr. òu
• 憬jǐngawaken
• 嚓cā(onomatopoeia) scraping sound; ripping of fabric; screeching of tires
• 噻sāiused in transliteration
• 嘬chuài(literary) to gnaw; to eat ravenously

Sounds the same

Read zào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 造to make; to build; to manufacture
• 燥dry; parched; impatient; vexed; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. sào) minced meat
• 皂soap; black
• 灶kitchen stove; kitchen; mess; canteen
• 躁impatient; hot-tempered
• 皁black; police runners, from the black clothes formerly worn by them
• 慥sincere
• 梍Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis); now written zào jiá 皂荚
• 煰dry (old variant of 燥
• 簉deputy; subordinate; concubine
• 趮easily provoked, hasty; fierce, cruel
• 唣used in 啰唣