吵

chǎo

HSK 3freq #2738

Meanings

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chǎo

1.to quarrel
2.to make a noise
3.noisy
4.to disturb by making a noise

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Wiktionary

1.noisy; rowdy; boisterous; clamorous
2.to argue; to dispute
3.to disturb; to annoy
4.Sound of chicken.
5.Used in personal names.
6.used in 吵吵 (chāochao, “to make noise”)

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sm̥ʰreːwʔ, *mewʔ): semantic 口 + phonetic 少 (OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews).

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Stroke order

Components

吵口少

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

我們別吵了。
Let's not argue.
我們別吵了。
Let's not squabble.
這兒太吵了。
It's too noisy in here.
跟他吵没用。
It's no use arguing with him.
你昨晚確實很吵。
You sure were noisy last night.
請您們別再吵了。
Please stop fighting.

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More examples & usage (AI)

Related words

吵架 to quarrel 争吵 to quarrel 吵嘴 to quarrel 吵闹 noisy 吵嚷 to make a racket 吵醒 to wake sb up with a noise 吵杂 noisy 吵吵 to make a racket 吵闹声 noise 吵吵嚷嚷 to make an (unnecessary) racket (idiom)又吵又闹 to make a lot of noise 大吵大闹 to shout and scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss