Chinese symbol for “deride”
笑骂
xiào mà
Traditional: 笑罵
to deride; to mock; (jocular) to heckle good-naturedly; to razz
The closest CC-CEDICT match for deride is 笑骂 (xiào mà), defined as: to deride; to mock; (jocular) to heckle good-naturedly; to razz.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “deride”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 讥诮 (譏誚) | jī qiào | to deride; to mock |
| 嘲笑 | cháo xiào | to jeer at; to deride |
| 谩骂 (謾罵) | màn mà | to hurl abuse; to deride |
| 损 (損) | sǔn | (bound form) to decrease; to diminish; (bound form) to harm; to damage |
| 群嘲 | qún cháo | (neologism, attested by 2011) to deride a group of people; (of a group of people) to deride (sb) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 笑骂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 微笑 | wēi xiào | smile; 个 (gè),丝 (sī) |
| 笑话 (笑話) | xiào hua | joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock |
| 开玩笑 (開玩笑) | kāi wán xiào | to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke |
| 可笑 | kě xiào | funny; ridiculous |
| 搞笑 | gǎo xiào | to get people to laugh; funny |
| 嘲笑 | cháo xiào | to jeer at; to deride |
| 辱骂 (辱罵) | rǔ mà | to insult; to revile |
| 骂人 (罵人) | mà rén | to swear or curse (at people); to scold or yell at someone |
See also: Japanese symbol for “deride”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.