嗤笑

chīxiào

verb #30,066

Meanings

1 to sneer at
2 to ridicule
3 to laugh at scornfully

Characters

sound of contempt; to sniff disdainfully

to laugh; to smile

Examples

他的异想天开被同事们嗤笑了一番。

Tā de yì xiǎng tiān kāi bèi tóngshìmen chīxiào le yī fān.

His wild fantasy was sneered at by his colleagues.

那些嗤笑他的人后来都后悔了。

Nàxiē chīxiào tā de rén hòulái dōu hòuhuǐ le.

Those who sneered at him all came to regret it later.

Tips

memory

嗤 (a sound of contempt; contains the mouth radical 口) + 笑 (to laugh) — the sound of contemptuous laughter. The character 嗤 evokes the sound of sniffing disdain.

Stroke Order

嗤 chī

笑 xiào