HSK 5 · Verbs

吵 chǎo “to quarrel” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 吵 means

  1. to quarrel
  2. to make a noise
  3. noisy
  4. loud
  5. to argue

How to say 吵

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale吵chǎo3rd tone, dipping

吵 in a sentence

  1. 那街道非常吵。

    Nà jiēdào fēicháng chǎo.

    That street is very noisy.

    Sentence #1020096 from Tatoeba

  2. 你们在吵什么？

    Nǐmen zài chǎo shénme?

    What are you arguing about?

    Sentence #13894763 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他和他弟弟吵了起来。

    Tā hé tā dìdi chǎo le qǐlai.

    He got into an argument with his younger brother.

    Sentence #464758 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 吵 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 吵 (chǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
吵chǎonoisy; loud
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 少few · shǎoSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 少 (shǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with chǎo.

How to write 吵

吵 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

吵 (chǎo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 吵 (chǎo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 吵

Words with 吵

吵架chǎojià · to quarrel

More words: Common Verbs

参与cānyù · to take part (in)插chā · to insert拆chāi · to tear open产生chǎnshēng · to produce抄chāo · to copy (by hand)趁chèn · to take advantage of (a time or chance)成立chénglì · to establish成长chéngzhǎng · to grow up

FAQs

吵 (chǎo) means “to quarrel” or “to make a noise”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chǎo: chǎo with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 吵 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 吵 from the suggestions. Typing chao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
吵 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.