讽 (fěng): to satirize, to mock, to recite
讽 (fěng) is a Chinese character meaning “to satirize.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic) and 风 (phonetic). It ranks #2255 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 讽 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).
Definitions
- to satirize
- to mock
- to recite
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 讽刺verb | fěng cì | to satirize |
| 嘲讽verb | cháo fěng | to sneer at |
| 冷嘲热讽phrase | lěng cháo rè fěng | frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom) |
| 讥讽verb | jī fěng | to satirize |
| 借古讽今phrase | jiè gǔ fěng jīn | to use the past to disparage the present (idiom) |
| 反讽verb | fǎn fěng | irony |
| 仿讽 | fǎng fěng | parody |
| 讽谏verb | fěng jiàn | (literary) to remonstrate with one's superior tactfully |
| 讽谕verb | fěng yù | variant of 諷喻|讽喻 |
| 讽喻noun | fěng yù | parable |
讽 appears in 10 compound words: 40 as the first character, 50 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 讽 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
他讽言谨慎，从不说没有根据的话。
tā fěng yán jǐn shèn , cóng bù shuō méi yǒu gēn jù de huà .
He was careful with his words and never spoke without evidence.
被提珍珠港嘲讽!来宾笑问“是贵台记者?”日女主播尴尬反...
bèi tí zhēn zhū gǎng cháo fěng ! lái bīn xiào wèn shì guì tái jì zhě ? rì nǚ zhǔ bō gān gà fǎn . . .
Mocked for mentioning Pearl Harbor! A guest jokingly asked, "Is that one of your station's reporters?" The Japanese female anchor awkwardly replied...
“和平委员会秒变厌恶和平” 陆官媒发影片讽美以攻伊
hé píng wěi yuán huì miǎo biàn yàn è hé píng lù guān méi fā yǐng piàn fěng měi yǐ gōng yī
"The peace committee became peace-averse in seconds" Lu official media released a video satirizing the United States and Israel to attack Iraq
赖清德派奇兵死守蒋万安? 柳采葳讽:郑丽君、徐国勇都难突破
lài qīng dé pài qí bīng sǐ shǒu 蒋 wàn ān ? liǔ cǎi 葳 fěng : zhèng lí jūn , xú guó yǒng dōu nán tū pò
Lai Qingde sent surprise soldiers to defend Jiang Wan'an? Liu Caiwei sarcastically said: Zheng Lijun and Xu Guoyong are difficult to break through
吴欣岱倡“走3分钟要有吸菸区” 网讽:设下去还叫无菸城市?
wú xīn 岱 chàng zǒu 3 fēn zhōng yāo yǒu xī 菸 qū wǎng fěng : shè xià qù hái jiào wú 菸 chéng shì ?
Wu Xindai advocated "there must be a smoking area in 3 minutes" Internet satire: If it is set up, it will still be called a smoke-free city?
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
你不觉得这个名字很讽刺吗，「神圣的战争」？
Nǐ bù juéde zhège míngzi hěn fěngcì ma,「 shénshèng de zhànzhēng 」?
Don't you think the name "The Sacred War" sounds a bit sarcastic?
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 讠 (speech) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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