讥

譏

jī

verb #47,581

Meanings

不要总是讥笑别人的错误。

Búyào zǒngshì jīxiào biéren de cuòwù.

Don't always mock other people's mistakes.

他的文章充满了讥讽。

Tā de wénzhāng chōngmǎn le jīfěng.

His article is full of biting satire.

usage

Always negative. Common words: 讥笑 (to laugh at, jeer), 讥讽 (to satirize), 讥诮 (to taunt). The speech radical 讠 shows the mockery is done with words.

radical

讠 yán

speech; words (left-side form)

Left-side speech radical 讠, the simplified form of 言. Ridicule is delivered through speech, so the word radical anchors 讥.

phonetic

几 jǐ

how many; small table

Right side 几 supplies the sound (jǐ shifting to jī). Same phonetic in 饥 (hungry) and 机 (machine).

讥 jī