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嘲
cháo
1. to ridicule
2. to mock
Common • Top 20% ✏️ 15 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

嘲
cháo
to deride, to jeer at, to ridicule, to scorn
HSK 6 15 丶

Compound Words (8)

嘲弄
cháonòng
to tease
嘲笑
cháoxiào
to jeer at
HSK 6
嘲讽
cháofěng
to sneer at
嘲谑
cháoxuè
to mock and ridicule
自嘲
zìcháo
to mock oneself
解嘲
jiěcháo
to try to cover up in an embarrassing situation
冷嘲热讽
lěngcháorèfěng
frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule
自我解嘲
zìwǒjiěcháo
to refer to one's foibles or failings with self-deprecating humor

Alternate Entries

嘲
zhāo
see [[嘲哳]], (onom.) twitter / twittering sound

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,324
Word Frequency Rank
17,259 of 84,292

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