嘲 (cháo): to ridicule, to mock, used in 嘲哳
嘲 (cháo) is a Chinese character meaning “to ridicule.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (semantic) and 朝 (phonetic). It ranks #2258 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 嘲 mouth. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 叫 (jiào, to call, to be called), 右 (yòu, (bound form) right).
Definitions
- to ridicule
- to mock
- used in 嘲哳
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 嘲
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嘲弄verb | cháo nòng | to tease |
| 嘲讽verb | cháo fěng | to sneer at |
| 冷嘲热讽phrase | lěng cháo rè fěng | frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom) |
| 自嘲verb | zì cháo | to mock oneself |
| 解嘲verb | jiě cháo | to try to cover up in an embarrassing situation |
| 自我解嘲 | zì wǒ jiě cháo | to refer to one's foibles or failings with self-deprecating humor |
| 群嘲verb | qún cháo | (neologism, attested by 2011) to deride a group of people |
| 嘲谑verb | cháo xuè | to mock and ridicule |
| 嘲哳adjective | zhāo zhā | (onom.) clamorous noise made by numerous people talking or singing, or by musical instruments, or birds twittering |
嘲 appears in 10 compound words: 50 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 10 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 嘲 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
他嘲干舌燥地讲了两个小时，终于说服了大家。
tā cháo gān jī zào dì jiǎng le liǎng gě xiǎo shí , zhōng yú shuō fú le dà jiā .
He talked for two hours, his voice hoarse and dry, until he finally persuaded everyone.
...营侧翼鼓噪台军赴霍尔木兹海峡“护航” 被嘲自不量力
. . . yíng cè yì gǔ zào tái jūn fù huò ěr mù zī hǎi xiá hù háng bèi cháo zì bù liàng lì
...Pro-China factions are clamoring for the Taiwanese military to provide "escort" in the Strait of Hormuz, but have been mocked for overreaching
被提珍珠港嘲讽!来宾笑问“是贵台记者?”日女主播尴尬...
bèi tí zhēn zhū gǎng cháo fěng ! lái bīn xiào wèn shì guì tái jì zhě ? rì nǚ zhǔ bō gān gà . . .
Mocked for mentioning Pearl Harbor! A guest jokingly asked, "Is that one of your station's reporters?" The Japanese female anchor looked awkward...
...天心带路!最佳CP合体巧遇大雪 温升豪自嘲当花甲不够格
. . . tiān xīn dài lù ! zuì jiā C P gě tǐ qiǎo yù dà xuě wēn shēng háo zì cháo dāng huā jiǎ bù gòu gé
...Tianxin Leads the Way! The Perfect Duo Reunites Amid a Snowstorm; Wen Shenghao Jokes That He’s Not Old Enough to Be a “Sixty-Year-Old”
游飚逝世|绿叶变生意人 自曝曾遭顾客嘲讽最后产品一度卖断市
yóu 飚 shì shì lǜ xié biàn shēng yì rén zì pù céng zāo gù kè cháo fěng zuì hòu chǎn pǐn yī dù mài duàn shì
You Biao passed away|Green leaves became a businessman and revealed that he had been ridiculed by customers, and finally the product was sold out of the market
...头西米露糖水!仅5粒芋头+极少西米 网民嘲赈灾粥
. . . tóu xī mǐ lù táng shuǐ ! jǐn 5 lì 芋 tóu jí shǎo xī mǐ wǎng mín cháo 赈 zāi zhōu
... Head sago sugar water! Only 5 grains of taro + very little sago Netizens ridiculed the disaster relief porridge
我不喜欢你嘲笑她的方式。
Wǒ bù xǐhuan nǐ cháoxiào tā de fāngshì.
I don't like the way you laugh at her.
不要因为他犯了一个错误就嘲笑他。
Bù yào yīnwèi tā fàn le yī gè cuòwù jiù cháoxiào tā.
Don't laugh at him for making a mistake.
他在众人面前被嘲笑。
Tā zài zhòngrén miànqián bèi cháoxiào.
He was laughed at in public.
嘲笑别人是无礼的。
Cháoxiào biéren shì wúlǐ de.
It is rude to laugh at others.
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