Definition

Examples

• 他说话总喜欢挖苦别人，让人很不舒服。
  Tā shuōhuà zǒng xǐhuan wā ku biérén, ràng rén hěn bù shūfu.
  He always likes to make cutting remarks about others, which makes people uncomfortable.
• 你刚才的话是在挖苦我吗？
  Nǐ gāngcái de huà shì zài wā ku wǒ ma?
  Were your words just now sarcastic toward me?
• 她最讨厌被挖苦，所以大家都不敢乱开玩笑。
  Tā zuì tǎoyàn bèi wā ku, suǒyǐ dàjiā dōu bù gǎn luàn kāi wánxiào.
  She hates being ridiculed, so everyone is afraid to joke around.