嘈 (cáo): bustling
嘈 (cáo) is a Chinese character meaning “bustling.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (semantic) and 曹 (phonetic). It ranks #3016 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 嘈 mouth. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 吃 (chī, to eat), 喝 (hē, to drink).
Definitions
- bustling
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
嘈 appears in 3 compound words: 67 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 嘈 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
孩子们嘈渴了,纷纷跑到饮水机前接水。
hái zǐ men cáo kě le , fēn fēn pǎo dào yǐn shuǐ jī qián jiē shuǐ .
The children were thirsty, so they all rushed to the water cooler to get a drink.
查找功能依然是基于响声的辅助查找,实际响度一般,稍微嘈杂一点的室内环境就很难听到了。
chá zhǎo gōng néng yī rán shì jī yú xiǎng shēng de fǔ zhù chá zhǎo , shí jì xiǎng dù yī bān , shāo wēi cáo zá yī diǎn de shì nèi huán jìng jiù hěn nán tīng dào le .
The search function is still an audio-based assistive search feature; the volume is generally average, and it’s hard to hear in even slightly noisy indoor environments.
嘈杂环境中的对比,它对于背景噪音的抑制也属于比较激进的,能够对通话主体有足够的突出。
cáo zá huán jìng zhōng de duì bǐ , tā duì yú bèi jǐng zào yīn de yì zhì yě shǔ yú bǐ jiào jī jìn de , néng gòu duì tōng huà zhǔ tǐ yǒu zú gòu de tū chū .
In noisy environments, it offers aggressive background noise suppression, effectively highlighting the person speaking.
此外,该模型还具备较强的抗噪能力,可帮助应用适应嘈杂、复杂和不可预测的使用环境。
cǐ wài , gāi mó xíng hái jù bèi jiào qiáng de kàng zào néng lì , kě bāng zhù yīng yòng shì yīng cáo zá , fù zá hé bù kě yù cè de shǐ yòng huán jìng .
In addition, the model features strong noise resistance, which helps the application adapt to noisy, complex, and unpredictable operating environments.
在嘈杂的城市路口,车内车外很难靠喊话来沟通。
zài cáo zá de chéng shì lù kǒu , chē nèi chē wài hěn nán kào hǎn huà lái gōu tōng .
At a noisy city intersection, it's difficult to communicate by shouting between people inside and outside the car.
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced cáo
Frequently Asked Questions
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