Chinese symbol for “derision”
嘲笑
cháo xiào
to jeer at; to deride; to ridicule; mockery
The closest CC-CEDICT match for derision is 嘲笑 (cháo xiào), defined as: to jeer at; to deride; to ridicule; mockery; derision.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 嘲笑.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嘲讽 (嘲諷) | cháo fěng | to sneer at; to ridicule |
| 嘲弄 | cháo nòng | to tease; to poke fun at |
| 自嘲 | zì cháo | to mock oneself; to laugh at oneself |
| 冷嘲热讽 (冷嘲熱諷) | lěng cháo rè fěng | frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule |
| 解嘲 | jiě cháo | to try to cover up in an embarrassing situation; to justify oneself |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “derision”.
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.