吵

• 拼音: chǎo
• 汉字拆解: 吵 = 口 (mouth) + 少 (few, phonetic component), suggesting noise or vocal disturbance

含义

Noisy; loud; to quarrel; to disturb. Describes unpleasant noise or verbal conflict.

Has two main uses: as an adjective meaning noisy or loud (太吵了, too noisy), and as a verb meaning to argue or quarrel (吵起来了, started arguing). Also used in the sense of disturbing someone (别吵我, don't disturb me).

例句

1. 外面太吵了，我没办法睡觉。
2. 请你们不要吵，孩子在睡觉。
3. 邻居家的狗每天晚上都很吵。

用法指南

语境: everyday, complaints, conflict

语气: negative

正确说法

• 这里太吵了，我们换个地方吧。(It's too noisy here — let's go somewhere else.)
• 别吵了，安静一下。(Stop being noisy — be quiet for a moment.)

错误说法

• 音乐会很吵 (Avoid using 吵 for music that is intentionally loud — say 音量太大了; 吵 implies unwanted, unpleasant noise)

起源与历史

Composed of 口 (mouth) and 少 (few/little, here as phonetic), suggesting noise coming from mouths.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal