to ridicule

speech (讠) + phonetic jī (几) = to ridicule

讠carries the meaning: this is about words, specifically cutting ones. 几 mainly contributes the sound jī and does not add meaning here.

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他总是笑别人的错误。

tā zǒng shì jī xiào bié rén de cuò wù 。

He always ridicules other people's mistakes.

你不应该讽那个努力学习的同学。

nǐ bù yīng gāi jī fěng nà ge nǔ lì xué xí de tóng xué 。

You should not mock that classmate who is working hard to study.

Words with 讥

反唇相讥

fǎn chún xiāng jī

(idiom) to answer back sarcastically; to retort

讥刺

jī cì

to ridicule

讥笑

jī xiào

to sneer

讥诮

jī qiào

to deride

讥讽

jī fěng

to satirize

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