HSK 6 · Verbs

讥笑 jīxiào “to sneer at” in Chinese

Traditional 譏笑

What 讥笑 means

  1. to sneer at
  2. to ridicule
  3. to sneer

How to say 讥笑

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale讥jī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale笑xiào4th tone, falling

讥笑 in a sentence

  1. 不要讥笑别人的口音。

    Búyào jīxiào biéren de kǒuyīn.

    Don’t make fun of other people’s accents.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他不怕别人讥笑，坚持自己的梦想。

    Tā bú pà biéren jīxiào, jiānchí zìjǐ de mèngxiǎng.

    He isn’t afraid of being laughed at and sticks to his dream.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 讥笑 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 讥 (jī) with each of its parts in a different colour
讥jīto ridicule
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 几table · jīSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 几 (jī) hints at the sound. Compare it with jī.

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 讥笑

讥 4 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.

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

Words related to 讥笑

Words with 笑

笑xiào · to laugh笑话xiàohua · joke开玩笑kāiwánxiào · to play a joke微笑wēixiào · smile嘲笑cháoxiào · to mock

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揭露jiēlù · to expose激发jīfā · to arouse激励jīlì · to encourage警告jǐnggào · to warn记载jìzǎi · to record聚精会神jùjīnghuìshén · to concentrate fully看待kàndài · to regard侃侃而谈kǎnkǎn'értán · to speak with ease and confidence

FAQs

讥笑 (jīxiào) means “to sneer at” or “to ridicule”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jīxiào: jī with a 1st 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 讥笑 is written 譏笑. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jixiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 讥笑 from the suggestions. Typing jixiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
讥笑 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.