吵 (chǎo) means Noisy (make noise - quarrel). Below are 10 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
外面太 吵 了，我睡不着。
Wàimiàn tài chǎo le, wǒ shuì bu zháo.
It is too noisy outside; I cannot fall asleep.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 吵
他们为一点小事 吵 了起来。
Tāmen wèi yìdiǎn xiǎo shì chǎo le qǐlái.
They started quarrelling over something trivial.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 吵
有话好好说，别 吵 架。
Yǒu huà hǎohǎo shuō, bié chǎo jià.
Talk it over properly; do not quarrel.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 吵架
他嫌这里太 吵 ，搬走了。
Tā xián zhèlǐ tài chǎo, bān zǒu le.
He found it too noisy here and moved away.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 嫌
他及时制止了这场争 吵 。
Tā jíshí zhìzhǐ le zhè chǎng zhēngchǎo.
He stopped the quarrel in time.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 制止
请轻一点儿，别 吵 醒孩子。
Qǐng qīng yìdiǎnr, bié chǎo xǐng háizi.
Please be gentler and do not wake the child.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 轻
小声点儿，别把孩子 吵 醒。
Xiǎo shēng diǎnr, bié bǎ háizi chǎo xǐng.
Keep your voice down; do not wake the child.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 醒
外面一阵喧哗，把他 吵 醒了。
Wàimiàn yí zhèn xuānhuá, bǎ tā chǎo xǐng le.
A commotion outside woke him up.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 喧哗
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Words that contain 吵
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Questions about 吵
How is 吵 used in a sentence?
This page shows 10 sentences using 吵 (chǎo, "Noisy (make noise - quarrel)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 吵 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 吵 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 吵 an HSK word?
Yes — 吵 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 吵?
The dictionary page for 吵 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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