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吵
chǎo
1. to quarrel
2. to make a noise
3. noisy
4. to disturb by making a noise
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

吵
chǎo
to argue, to dispute; to annoy, to disturb
HSK 5 7 丶

Compound Words (11)

争吵
zhēngchǎo
to quarrel
吵吵
chāochao
to make a racket
吵嚷
chǎorǎng
to make a racket
吵架
chǎojià
to quarrel
HSK 5
吵醒
chǎoxǐng
to wake sb up with a noise
吵闹
chǎonào
noisy
吵嘴
chǎozuǐ
to quarrel
吵闹声
chǎonàoshēng
noise
吵吵嚷嚷
chǎochǎorǎngrǎng
to make an (unnecessary) racket (idiom)
大吵大闹
dàchǎodànào
to shout and scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss
又吵又闹
yòuchǎoyòunào
to make a lot of noise

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,039
Word Frequency Rank
1,694 of 84,292