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叫嚣 (jiào xiāo) — (noun) clamor; loud, hostile outcry; (verb) to clamor; to raise a hue and cry; to shout aggressively

Definition

A hostile, aggressive ‘shouting and clamoring’ (often political protest or warlike bluster), stronger and more aggressive than plain 喊叫. Used for organized noise aimed at intimidation, not ordinary loud talking.

noun
clamorloudhostile outcry
verb
to clamorto raise a hue and cryto shout aggressively

Examples

  • 叫嚣。
    Dí rén de jiào xiāo ràng wǒ gǎn dào kǒng jù.
    The enemy's clamor made me feel fearful.
  • 叫嚣，。
    Tā men bù tíng dì jiào xiāo, shì tú rǎo luàn huì yì.
    They clamored incessantly, trying to disrupt the meeting.
  • 叫嚣，。
    Fǎn duì pài zài guǎng chǎng shàng jiào xiāo, biǎo dá kàng yì.
    The opposition clamored in the square, expressing protest.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

叫jiàoshout
嚣áoclamor

叫 means shout, and 嚣 means clamor; together they describe loud hostile outcry.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒumouth
Sound part声符shēngfú
丩
丩jiū叫jiào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

叫 shows a mouth 口 and a sound part 丩. The mouth fits the old sense of shouting.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 囂; 嚣 is its simplified writing.

  • 㗊㗊㗊four mouths; to clamor
  • 頁頁yèhead

The traditional form 囂 combines 㗊 (four mouths) with 頁 (head) to show a clamoring crowd; the simplified 嚣 is a later abbreviation.

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