HSK 5 · Verbs

吵架 chǎojià “to quarrel” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 吵架 means

  1. to quarrel
  2. to have a row

Measure word 顿 dùn · 一顿吵架 yí dùn chǎojià

How to say 吵架

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale吵chǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale架jià4th tone, falling

吵架 in a sentence

  1. 他们俩又在吵架了。

    Tāmen liǎ yòu zài chǎojià le.

    Those two are arguing again.

    Sentence #10265779 from Tatoeba

  2. 他们总是为了小事吵架。

    Tāmen zǒngshì wèile xiǎoshì chǎojià.

    They’re always arguing over little things.

    Sentence #8744878 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 那些人一见面就吵架。

    Nàxiē rén yí jiànmiàn jiù chǎojià.

    Those people start quarrelling as soon as they meet.

    Sentence #13109154 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 吵架 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.

The character 架 (jià) with each of its parts in a different colour
架jiàto support
  • 加to add to · jiāSound part
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 加 (jiā) hints at the sound. Compare it with jià.

How to write 吵架

吵 7 strokes · 架 9 strokes

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

Words related to 吵架

Words with 吵

吵chǎo · to quarrel

Words with 架

书架shūjià · bookshelf打架dǎjià · to fight绑架bǎngjià · to kidnap框架kuàngjià · frame

More words: Thinking & Talking

抱怨bàoyuàn · to complain辩论biànlùn · debate表达biǎodá · to express参考cānkǎo · to consult称chēng · to call称呼chēnghu · to call称赞chēngzàn · to praise承认chéngrèn · to admit

FAQs

吵架 (chǎojià) means “to quarrel” or “to have a row”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chǎojià: chǎo with a 3rd tone, then jià with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 吵架 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 顿 (dùn). For example, one to quarrel is 一顿吵架 (yí dùn chǎojià).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chaojia with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 吵架 from the suggestions. Typing chaojia into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
吵架 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.