吵
chǎoTraditional: 吵
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Translation
noisy, to make a noise, to quarrel, to disturb
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound with 口 (kǒu, mouth) supplying the meaning of sound and speech, and 少 (shǎo) supplying the sound.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 口 (kǒu, mouth) + 少 (shǎo, phonetic)
Stroke order
吵
Examples
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It is too noisy outside, I cannot get to sleep.
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Stop quarrelling, you two!
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The child's crying woke me up.
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They often quarrel over trivial matters.
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Please keep your voice down and do not disturb others.
吵 (chǎo) means noisy as an adjective, and as a verb to make a noise, to disturb, or to quarrel. The mouth radical 口 links it to sound and the voice.
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