讽 fěng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 风 wind
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
讽刺
fěngcì
to satirise; to mock; to ridicule
Characters in this word
刺 cì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 朿 thorn, sting, prickle 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他的漫画常常讽刺那些爱说大话的人。 Tā de mànhuà chángcháng fěngcì nàxiē ài shuō dàhuà de rén. His cartoons often satirise people who like to talk big.
- 同事又迟到了，她半开玩笑地讽刺了几句。 Tóngshì yòu chídào le, tā bàn kāiwánxiào de fěngcì le jǐ jù. When her colleague was late again, she made a few half-joking sarcastic remarks.
- 这个故事讽刺了只看外表的人。 Zhège gùshi fěngcì le zhǐ kàn wàibiǎo de rén. This story mocks people who only look at appearances.
Related words
- 刺 cì thorn; to prick
- 刺激 cìjī exciting; to stimulate
- 冲刺 chōngcì to sprint; to make a final push
- 刺耳 cì'ěr ear-piercing; grating
- 刺骨 cìgǔ bone-piercing; bitterly cold
- 刺绣 cìxiù embroidery; to embroider
- 刺眼 cìyǎn dazzling; harsh on the eyes
- 各抒己见 gèshūjǐjiàn each expresses their own view
- 编造 biānzào to fabricate; to make up
- 高见 gāojiàn wise opinion; insightful view
- 暧昧 àimèi ambiguous; dubious; flirtatious
- 断章取义 duànzhāngqǔyì to quote out of context; to distort by taking out of context