吵

chǎo

adjective HSK 3 #1,355

Meanings

1 noisy
2 to quarrel
3 to argue

Characters

noisy; to quarrel

Contains 口 (mouth) radical — quarreling involves mouths.

Examples

外面太吵了。

Wàimian tài chǎo le.

It's too noisy outside.

不要吵，孩子在睡觉。

Bùyào chǎo, háizi zài shuìjiào.

Don't be noisy; the child is sleeping.

他们又吵起来了。

Tāmen yòu chǎqǐlai le.

They started quarreling again.

Tips

usage

吵 can mean noisy (太吵了, too noisy) or to quarrel (吵架, to quarrel; 吵了一架, had a fight). It describes both the sound level and the conflict.

Stroke Order

吵 chǎo