嘲 cháo
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
嘲笑
cháoxiào
to mock, to ridicule
Characters in this word
笑 xiào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 夭 young, energetic
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 面对失败者，我们不该嘲笑，而应该分析失败背后的原因。 Miànduì shībàizhě, wǒmen bù gāi cháoxiào, ér yīnggāi fēnxī shībài bèihòu de yuányīn. When facing someone who has failed, we should not mock them, but should analyse the reasons behind the failure.
- 同学们都嘲笑他的新发型，他很难过。 Tóngxuémen dōu cháoxiào tā de xīn fàxíng, tā hěn nánguò. His classmates all laughed at his new hairstyle, and he felt sad.
- 别人嘲笑你的时候，不用太放在心上。 Biérén cháoxiào nǐ de shíhou, búyòng tài fàng zài xīnshàng. When others mock you, you needn't take it to heart.
Related words
- 嘲弄 cháonòng to mock; to ridicule
- 开玩笑 kāiwánxiào to joke
- 笑 xiào to laugh, to smile
- 笑话 xiàohuà joke
- 笑话儿 xiàohuar joke; silly talk
- 微笑 wēixiào to smile; smile
- 笑容 xiàoróng smile
- 耻笑 chǐxiào to ridicule; to mock
- 搞笑 gǎoxiào to be funny; to make people laugh
- 哄堂大笑 hōngtángdàxiào to burst into laughter; the whole room roars with laughter
- 欢声笑语 huānshēngxiàoyǔ cheerful voices and laughter
- 讥笑 jīxiào to mock; to ridicule