耻 chǐ
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 耳 — ear
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
耻笑
chǐxiào
to ridicule; to mock
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
- 他刚提出设想时曾被同行耻笑，几年后却证明了方案的前瞻性。 Tā gāng tíchū shèxiǎng shí céng bèi tóngháng chǐxiào, jǐ nián hòu què zhèngmíng le fāng'àn de qiánzhānxìng. When he first proposed the idea, he was mocked by peers, yet a few years later the plan proved visionary.
- 不要耻笑别人的口音，每个人都有不擅长的事。 Búyào chǐxiào biérén de kǒuyīn, měi ge rén dōu yǒu bù shàncháng de shì. Don't mock other people's accents; everyone has something they're not good at.
- 他摔倒后，同学们耻笑了他好一阵子。 Tā shuāidǎo hòu, tóngxuémen chǐxiào le tā hǎo yí zhènzi. After he fell, his classmates laughed at him for quite a while.
Related words
- 不耻下问 bùchǐxiàwèn not to feel ashamed to ask and learn from one’s inferiors
- 耻辱 chǐrǔ shame; disgrace; humiliation
- 可耻 kěchǐ shameful; disgraceful
- 无耻 wúchǐ shameless; disgraceful
- 羞耻 xiūchǐ shameful; ashamed
- 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
- 嘲笑 cháoxiào to mock, to ridicule
- 笑容 xiàoróng smile