chǎo

to quarrel

to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise

mouth (口) + sound (少) = noisy quarreling

口 anchors the meaning in speech and sound. 少 mainly contributes the chǎo pronunciation rather than a semantic layer.

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他们两个人又在了。

tā men liǎng gè rén yòu zài chǎo le。

The two of them are quarreling again.

外面太,我没办法睡觉。

wài miàn tài chǎo,wǒ méi bàn fǎ shuì jiào。

It is too noisy outside; I have no way to sleep.

Words with 吵

吵杂

chǎo zá

noisy

又吵又闹

yòu chǎo yòu nào

to make a lot of noise

吵吵

chāo chao

to make a racket

吵吵嚷嚷

chǎo chǎo rǎng rǎng

to make an (unnecessary) racket (idiom)

吵嘴

chǎo zuǐ

to quarrel

吵嚷

chǎo rǎng

to make a racket

吵架

chǎo jià

to quarrel

吵醒

chǎo xǐng

to wake sb up with a noise

吵闹

chǎo nào

noisy

吵闹声

chǎo nào shēng

noise

大吵大闹

dà chǎo dà nào

to shout and scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss

争吵

zhēng chǎo

to quarrel

More characters with 口