吵

The character "吵" has 7 strokes. "吵" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "吵" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "吵" are "chǎo" "chāo" . View the stroke order of "吵">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "吵"

adj.: noisy; tumultuous; uproarious; clamorous

v.: make a noise; quarrel/bicker/squabble/row/brawl (with sb about/over sth); have words (with sb about sth); have a row (with sb)

• noisy : adj.发出噪声的；闹哄哄的；吵闹的；喧闹的；有噪声的；吵吵嚷嚷的；有杂音的
• tumultuous : adj.吵闹的；喧哗的；混乱的；无序的；兴奋的
• uproarious : adj.骚动的；喧嚣的；引人捧腹（大笑）的；非常有趣的
• clamorous : adj.吵闹的
• make a noise : 引起关注；引起轰动

Form words with "吵"

吵着吵着就打了起来 proceed from words to blows

Example phrases using "吵"

• 他们突然吵开锅了。

  Suddenly, they burst out into a furious/violent quarrel.

• 小两口吵了架，一会儿就好啦。你可别在里边和弄。

  When the young couple have a quarrel, they’ll make it up in no time. You mustn’t meddle in it.

• “他们在吵什么？”鲁思问。“我也不知道。

  What do they quarrel about?’ queried Ruth. ‘Ask me another.’

• 那家酒吧又挤又吵。

  The pub was crowded and noisy.

• 我们已经吵完了。

  [with present participle]we've done arguing.

• 他们俩吵了一架。

  The two of them had a falling-out.

• 而且，都市里比较忙碌，也比较吵。

  Besides, it is busier and noisier in the city.

• 它们有数十亿。而且它们很吵。

  There will be billions of them. And they're loud.

• 这么吵，我听不清播音员在说什么。

  I couldn't catch what the announcer said, with all the other noise going on.

• 听说他们吵了架，他断然遗弃了她。

  The story is that they quarreled and he left her flat.