吵架

chǎojià

verb HSK 3 #2,569

Meanings

1 to quarrel
2 to have a row
3 to argue

Characters

noisy; to quarrel

frame; fight; shelf

Examples

他们经常吵架。

Tāmen jīngcháng chǎojià.

They often quarrel.

不要为小事吵架。

Bùyào wèi xiǎoshì chǎojià.

Don't quarrel over small things.

他们吵架后和好了。

Tāmen chǎojià hòu héhǎo le.

They made up after the quarrel.

Tips

grammar

吵架 is a verb-object compound, so you can insert 了 or 过 between them: 吵了一架 (had a quarrel), 吵过架 (have quarreled before). You cannot add another object after it.

Stroke Order

吵 chǎo

架 jià