讥笑
Old HSK 6
讥笑 (jīxiào) · to sneer at
讥笑 (jīxiào) means “to sneer at; to mock”. It is written with 2 characters: 讥 (to ridicule) + 笑 (to smile). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 讥笑 is built
The characters
讥 jī · to ridicule
What 讥 is made of
- 讠yán — speech
- 几jǐ — small table
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乙yǐ — second
笑 xiào · to smile
What 笑 is made of
- ⺮zhú — bamboo
- 夭yāo — young
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: A person 夭 with a big grin ⺮ (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
不要讥笑别人的缺点。Búyào jīxiào biérén de quēdiǎn.Don't sneer at other people's shortcomings.
他不怕别人的讥笑，坚持自己的想法。Tā búpà biérén de jīxiào, jiānchí zìjǐ de xiǎngfǎ.He didn't fear people's mockery and stuck to his ideas.
Questions about 讥笑
What does 讥笑 mean?
讥笑 (jīxiào) means “to sneer at; to mock”.
How do you pronounce 讥笑?
讥笑 is pronounced jīxiào.
Which HSK level is 讥笑?
讥笑 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 开玩笑kāiwánxiàoto joke
- 笑话xiàohuajoke
- 笑话儿xiàohuarjoke
- 微笑wēixiàoto smile
- 嘲笑cháoxiàoto laugh at
- 好笑hǎoxiàofunny
- 笑xiàoto smile
Learn 讥笑 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 84: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.