cháo

to ridicule

to mock

mouth (口) + sound cháo (朝) = to mock

The mouth radical anchors the meaning: ridicule is something you do with words and voice. 朝 contributes the sound cháo and does not carry semantic weight here.

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笑同学的错误,让大家都不开心。

tā cháo xiào tóng xué de cuò wù,ràng dà jiā dōu bù kāi xīn。

He mocked his classmate's mistake, making everyone unhappy.

你不应该弄那个努力学习的人。

nǐ bù yīng gāi cháo nòng nà ge nǔ lì xué xí de rén。

You should not ridicule that person who is working hard to study.

Words with 嘲

自嘲

zì cháo

to mock oneself

冷嘲热讽

lěng cháo rè fěng

frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule

嘲哳

zhāo zhā

(onom.) clamorous noise made by numerous people talking or singing, or by musical instruments, or birds twittering

嘲弄

cháo nòng

to tease

嘲笑

cháo xiào

to jeer at

嘲讽

cháo fěng

to sneer at

嘲谑

cháo xuè

to mock and ridicule

自我解嘲

zì wǒ jiě cháo

to refer to one's foibles or failings with self-deprecating humor

群嘲

qún cháo

(neologism c. 2011) to deride a group of people

解嘲

jiě cháo

to try to cover up in an embarrassing situation

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