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噪
zào
1. the chirping of birds or insects
2. noise
3. clamor
4. buzzing
5. disturbance
Common • Top 18% ✏️ 16 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

噪
zào
to be noisy; to chirp loudly
HSK 6 16 丶

Compound Words (20)

噪声
zàoshēng
noise
噪杂
zàozá
a clamor
噪音
zàoyīn
rumble
HSK 6
噪鹃
zàojuān
(Chinese bird species) Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)
急噪
jízào
irritable
恬噪
tiánzào
to caw
减噪
jiǎnzào
noise reduction
焦噪
jiāozào
variant of [[焦躁<jiāozào>]]
聒噪
guōzào
a clamor
降噪
jiàngzào
noise reduction
雀噪
quèzào
to be a noise in the world
杂噪
zázào
a clamor
鼓噪
gǔzào
din
信噪比
xìnzàobǐ
signal-to-noise ratio
北噪鸦
běizàoyā
(Chinese bird species) Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus)
噪音盒
zàoyīnhé
boombox
大噪鹛
dàzàoméi
(Chinese bird species) giant laughingthrush (Garrulax maximus)
山噪鹛
shānzàoméi
(Chinese bird species) plain laughingthrush (Garrulax davidi)
棕噪鹛
zōngzàoméi
(Chinese bird species) buffy laughingthrush (Garrulax berthemyi)
名噪一时
míngzàoyīshí
to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom); temporary or local celebrity

Alternate Entries

噪
zào
variant of [[噪<zào>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,798
Word Frequency Rank
14,925 of 84,292

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