讥 (jī) · to ridicule; to mock; to satirize

Meanings

1 to ridicule; to mock; to satirize

Characters

讥

jī

to ridicule; to mock

Examples

HSK 4

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.

HSK 7-9

他的文章充满了讥讽。

Tā de wénzhāng chōngmǎn le jīfěng.

His article is full of biting satire.

Tips

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.

Components

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).

Stroke Order

讥 jī

Related Words

讥刺 jīcì

to ridicule / to mock / to satirize sharply

讥讽 jīfěng #24,308

to satirize / to mock / to ridicule / to jeer at

讥笑 jīxiào HSK 7-9 #24,695

to ridicule / to mock / to sneer at

取笑 qǔxiào HSK 7-9 #5,063

to make fun of / to ridicule / to mock

讽刺 fěngcì HSK 7-9 #3,052

to satirize / to mock / sarcasm / irony

刺 cì HSK 6 #1,807

thorn; splinter / to stab; to pierce; to prick / to assassinate; to murder / to irritate; to sting / to satirize; to mock

讪 shàn

to mock; to ridicule / to slander; to speak ill of / embarrassed; awkward (in 讪讪)

模拟 mónǐ HSK 6 #5,548

to simulate; to imitate / simulated; mock

嘲笑 cháoxiào HSK 6 #2,600

to jeer at / to ridicule / to laugh at

笑话 xiàohua HSK 4 #1,853

joke / to laugh at; to ridicule