吵 (chǎo): Noisy — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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Level 5

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HSK 3.0Vocab 5 Recognition 5 Writing 5

1.

Animated Stroke Order 吵

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2.

Readings & Meanings

吵has 2 distinct senses for the same pronunciation

chǎo

noisy

adj.HSK 5

noisy; to quarrel; to make noise

adj./v.HSK 3.0 · L5

3.

Stroke Order Diagrams 吵

4.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right

吵

口mouth

少few

吵=

5.

Printable Writing Worksheet: 吵

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6.

How to Use 吵

Argument words

Common social conflict vocabulary built around noisy arguing.

HSK 5

7.

Example Sentences

tā他

men们

yīn因

wèi为

xiǎo小

shì事

chǎo

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口mouth

+少few

The mouth (口) creates noise like '少' (shǎo), depicting a quarrel or disturbance with few words but loud sounds.

chǎo吵

jià架

to quarrel; have a row

HSK 3.0 · L6

zhēng争

chǎo吵

to quarrel

吵

zuǐ嘴

le了

。

They quarreled over a small matter.

tā他

men们

yīn因

wèi为

xiǎo小

shì事

chǎo吵

jià架

le了

。

They quarreled over a trivial matter.

hái孩

zi子

men们

zài在

fáng房

jiān间

lǐ里

chǎo吵

nào闹

。

The children are being noisy in the room.

Lín邻

jū居

dà大

chǎo吵

dà大

nào闹

de的

shēng声

yīn音

chǎo吵

xǐng醒

le了

zhěng整

dòng栋

lóu楼

de的

rén人

。

The noise from the neighbor's loud quarrel woke up the whole building.

Gé隔

bì壁

tài太

chǎo吵

le了

，

wǒ我

shuì睡

bù不

zháo着

。

The neighbor is too noisy, I can't sleep.

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