嘲 (cháo) — to ridicule, to mock (bound morpheme)
Definition
嘲 (cháo) is a bound morpheme that only appears in compounds meaning to mock or ridicule, like 嘲笑 and 嘲讽 — it never stands alone as a verb.
bound form
to ridiculeto mock (bound morpheme)
Examples
- ，。Tā xǐ huan cháo xiào bié rén, zhè hěn bù hǎo.He likes to mock others, which is very bad.
- 。Bú yào cháo fěng bié rén de quē diǎn.Don't taunt others about their shortcomings.
- ，。Tā jīng cháng cháo nòng tóng xué, dà jiā dōu bù xǐ huan tā.He often makes fun of classmates, and nobody likes him.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
嘲 pairs 口, the mouth, with 朝 as a sound part. The mouth part relates to the meaning.
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