自嘲

zìcháo
verb #32,146

Meanings

  1. 1 to mock oneself
  2. 2 to laugh at oneself
  3. 3 self-deprecation

Examples

Tā xǐhuān yòng zìcháo de fāngshì huǎnjiě jǐnzhāng qìfēn.
He likes to ease tension with self-deprecating humor.
Lǔ Xùn xiěguò yī shǒu zhùmíng de shī, jiào《Zìcháo》.
Lu Xun wrote a famous poem called 'Self-Mockery.'

Tips

culture
Lu Xun's 1932 poem 《自嘲》 (Self-Mockery) is one of modern Chinese literature's best-known poems — the line 俯首 ('Fierce-browed I coolly defy a thousand pointing fingers; head bowed I gladly serve as an ox for the children') comes from it.
memory
(self) + (to mock) — literally 'mock self.' The character also appears in 嘲笑 (cháoxiào, to ridicule).

Stroke Order

cháo