耻
笑

To sneer at sb in Chinese: 耻笑 (chǐ xiào)

chǐ xiào

to sneer at sb

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 恥笑1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to sneer at sb
  2. 2to ridicule

Stroke order

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耻
笑

Zhuyin

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ㄔˇ

chǐ

ㄔ/ chˇ/ third tone

ㄒㄧㄠˋ

xiào

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

耻笑

Simplified

恥笑

Traditional

Example sentences

See 耻笑 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 你不该耻笑那些比你差的人。

    nǐ bù gāi chǐ xiào nà xiē bǐ nǐ chà de rén。

    You shouldn't sneer at those who are worse off than you.

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Related words

笑

xiào

to laugh

笑话

xiào hua

joke

微笑

wēi xiào

smile

笑脸

xiào liǎn

smiling face

笑容

xiào róng

smile

笑声

xiào shēng

laughter

嘲笑

cháo xiào

to jeer at

耻辱

chǐ rǔ

disgrace

搞笑

gǎo xiào

to get people to laugh

好笑

hǎo xiào

laughable

讥笑

jī xiào

to sneer

可耻

kě chǐ

shameful

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