HSK 6 · Verbs

嘲笑 cháoxiào “to mock” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 嘲笑 means

  1. to mock
  2. to ridicule
  3. to laugh at
  4. to jeer at
  5. to deride
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • mockery
  • derision

How to say 嘲笑

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale嘲cháo2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale笑xiào4th tone, falling

嘲笑 in a sentence

  1. 你在嘲笑我吗？

    Nǐ zài cháoxiào wǒ ma?

    Are you laughing at me?

    Sentence #8514537 from Tatoeba

  2. 不要因为他犯了一个错误就嘲笑他。

    Búyào yīnwèi tā fàn le yí ge cuòwù jiù cháoxiào tā.

    Don’t laugh at him just because he made a mistake.

    Sentence #392684 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我们不能嘲笑穷人。

    Wǒmen bùnéng cháoxiào qióngrén.

    We mustn’t laugh at people who are poor.

    Sentence #1423326 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 嘲笑 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 嘲 (cháo) with each of its parts in a different colour
嘲cháoto ridicule
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 朝to face · cháoSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 朝 (cháo) hints at the sound. Compare it with cháo.

The character 笑 (xiào) with each of its parts in a different colour
笑xiàoto laugh; to smile
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhú
  • 夭young · yāo

How to write 嘲笑

嘲 15 strokes · 笑 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 嘲笑

Words with 笑

笑xiào · to laugh笑话xiàohua · joke开玩笑kāiwánxiào · to play a joke微笑wēixiào · smile讥笑jīxiào · to sneer at

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参照cānzhào · to refer to倡导chàngdǎo · to advocate倡议chàngyì · to propose阐述chǎnshù · to expound承诺chéngnuò · to promise澄清chéngqīng · to clarify陈述chénshù · to state沉思chénsī · to ponder

FAQs

嘲笑 (cháoxiào) means “to mock” or “to ridicule”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cháoxiào: cháo with a 2nd tone, then xiào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 嘲笑 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chaoxiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 嘲笑 from the suggestions. Typing chaoxiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
嘲笑 is an HSK 6 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.