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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)

解嘲
jiěcháo
to try to cover up in an embarrassing situation
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
自我解嘲
zìwǒjiěcháo
to refer to one's foibles or failings with self-deprecating humor
冷嘲热讽
lěngcháorèfěng
frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule

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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