噪 (zào): (literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp, (bound form) to make a cacophonous noise
噪 (zào) is a Chinese character meaning “(literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (structural) and 喿 (structural). It ranks #2629 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 噪 the sound 口 of birds chirping 喿; 喿 also provides the pronunciation. 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
- (literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp
- (bound form) to make a cacophonous noise
Etymology & Origin
ideographicThe sound 口 of birds chirping 喿; 喿 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰口喿 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 噪
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 噪音 | zào yīn | rumble |
| 聒噪 | guō zào | a clamor |
| 鼓噪 | gǔ zào | (in ancient times) to beat the drums and yell (at the moment of launching into battle) |
| 名噪一时 | míng zào yī shí | to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom) |
| 声名大噪 | shēng míng dà zào | to rise to fame |
| 气动噪声 | qì dòng zào shēng | aerodynamic noise |
| 信噪比 | xìn zào bǐ | signal-to-noise ratio |
| 小黑领噪鹛 | xiǎo hēi lǐng zào méi | (bird species of China) lesser necklaced laughingthrush (Garrulax monileger) |
| 电磁噪声 | diàn cí zào shēng | electromagnetic noise |
| 白点噪鹛 | bái diǎn zào méi | (bird species of China) white-speckled laughingthrush (Ianthocincla bieti) |
| 射频噪声 | shè pín zào shēng | radio frequency noise |
| 黑额山噪鹛 | hēi é shān zào méi | (bird species of China) snowy-cheeked laughingthrush (Ianthocincla sukatschewi) |
| 红头噪鹛 | hóng tóu zào méi | (bird species of China) chestnut-crowned laughingthrush (Trochalopteron erythrocephalum) |
| 噪点 | zào diǎn | image noise |
| 噪声污染 | zào shēng wū rǎn | noise pollution |
噪 appears in 67 compound words: 12 as the first character, 13 as the last, and 75 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 噪 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
孩子们噪渴了，纷纷跑到饮水机前接水。
hái zǐ men zào kě le , fēn fēn pǎo dào yǐn shuǐ jī qián jiē shuǐ .
The children were parched and rushed to the water cooler to fill their cups.
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. . . l a x y B u d s 4 xì liè 俐 luò dēng chǎng qiáng huà jiàng zào gōng néng shēn dù zhěng gě 3 dà A I fú wù
... laxy Buds4 series debuts neatly with enhanced noise reduction function and deep integration of 3 major AI services
跑车迷怀念引擎发出的“噪音” 蓝宝坚尼纯电车不推了
pǎo chē mí huái niàn yǐn qíng fā chū de zào yīn lán bǎo jiān ní chún diàn chē bù tuī le
Sports car fans miss the "noise" from the engine Lamborghini pure electric car is no longer pushed
噪音扰人 三莺线增隔音墙 学校纳入优先
zào yīn rǎo rén sān 莺 xiàn zēng gé yīn qiáng xué jiào nà rù yōu xiān
Noise is disturbing, and the school is given priority to the addition of soundproof walls on the Sanying line
侯友宜行动治理聚焦三莺线噪音 捷运局将采分区优化
侯 yǒu yí háng dòng zhì lǐ jù jiāo sān 莺 xiàn zào yīn jié yùn jú jiāng cǎi fēn qū yōu huà
Hou Youyi's action governance focuses on the noise of the Sanying Line The MRT Bureau will adopt zoning optimization
谁才是降噪王者?Sony XM6、Bose Ult...
shéi cái shì jiàng zào wáng zhě ? S o n y X M 6 , B o s e U l t . . .
Who is the king of noise reduction? Sony XM6、Bose Ult...
汤姆说噪音打扰了他。
Tāngmǔ shuō zàoyīn dǎrǎo le tā.
Tom said that the noise bothered him.
你觉得你能少发点噪音吗？
Nǐ juéde nǐ néng shǎo fā diǎn zàoyīn ma?
Do you think you could make a little less noise?
他在城市里一直受到噪音或者其他的干扰。
Tā zài chéngshì lǐ yīzhí shòudào zàoyīn huòzhě qítā de gānrǎo.
He was always annoyed in the city by noises of one sort or another.
我无法再忍受那噪音了。
Wǒ wúfǎ zài rěnshòu nà zàoyīn le.
I can't bear this noise anymore.
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