讥 jī
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 几 small table
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
讥笑
jīxiào
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
- 他没有讥笑失败的同事，反而认真帮他复盘问题。 Tā méiyǒu jīxiào shībài de tóngshì, fǎn'ér rènzhēn bāng tā fùpán wèntí. He did not mock his colleague's failure; instead, he seriously helped him review the problem.
- 同学们讥笑他的新发型，他很难过。 Tóngxuémen jīxiào tā de xīn fàxíng, tā hěn nánguò. His classmates mocked his new haircut, and he was very upset.
- 不要讥笑别人的错误，每个人都有犯错的时候。 Búyào jīxiào biérén de cuòwù, měi ge rén dōu yǒu fàncuò de shíhou. Do not mock other people's mistakes; everyone makes mistakes sometimes.
Related words
- 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
- 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
- 可笑 kěxiào laughable; ridiculous