吵架

• 拼音: chǎo jià
• 汉字拆解: 吵 = 口 (mouth) + 少 (phonetic), meaning noisy; 架 = 加 (add) + 木 (wood), originally meaning frame, extended to a bout of fighting

含义

To quarrel; to argue; to have a fight. A verbal conflict between two or more people.

Specifically refers to verbal arguments, not physical fights (which would be 打架). Can describe arguments between friends, family, couples, or strangers. Often used in the pattern 跟...吵架 (to argue with someone) or 为...吵架 (to argue about something).

例句

1. 他们因为一件小事吵架了。
2. 爸爸妈妈很少吵架，感情很好。
3. 好朋友之间也会偶尔吵架。

用法指南

语境: relationships, family, everyday

语气: negative

正确说法

• 他们吵架了，现在都不说话。(They had a fight and now neither of them is talking.)
• 不要为了这种小事吵架。(Don't argue over such trivial matters.)

错误说法

• 我跟他吵了一个架 (Don't add 一个 before 架 — the correct structure is 吵了一架 using 一 as a verbal measure word)

起源与历史

Compound of 吵 (noisy, to quarrel) and 架 (frame, here used as a verbal complement meaning a bout or fight), together meaning to have a quarrel.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal