Chinese symbol for “quarrel”
吵架
chǎo jià
to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel; 顿 (dùn)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for quarrel is 吵架 (chǎo jià), defined as: to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel; 顿 (dùn).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “quarrel”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 争吵 (爭吵) | zhēng chǎo | to quarrel; dispute |
| 衅 (釁) | xìn | quarrel; dispute |
| 打闹 (打鬧) | dǎ nào | to quarrel; to squabble; to be rowdy; to play boisterously; to engage in horseplay |
| 反目 | fǎn mù | to quarrel; to fall out with sb |
| 斗嘴 (鬥嘴) | dòu zuǐ | to quarrel; to bicker |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 吵架.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 争吵 (爭吵) | zhēng chǎo | to quarrel; dispute |
| 吵闹 (吵鬧) | chǎo nào | noisy; raucous |
| 吵醒 | chǎo xǐng | to wake sb up with a noise |
| 大吵大闹 (大吵大鬧) | dà chǎo dà nào | to shout and scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss; to make a scene |
| 吵吵 | chāo chao | to make a racket; to quarrel |
| 绑架 (綁架) | bǎng jià | to kidnap; to abduct |
| 框架 | kuàng jià | (construction) frame; (fig.) framework |
| 架构 (架構) | jià gòu | to construct; to build; structure; framework; architecture |
See also: Japanese symbol for “quarrel”.
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.