吵

chǎo

argue, dispute; disturb, annoy

How to write 吵, stroke by stroke

to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise

Pictophonetic: semantic 口 (mouth), phonetic 少

Made of 口 + 少

吵架chǎo jiàto quarrel; to have a row; quarrel
吵醒chǎo xǐngto wake sb up with a noise
争吵zhēng chǎoto quarrel; dispute
吵闹chǎo nàonoisy; raucous; to shout and scream
吵吵chāo chaoto make a racket; to quarrel
大吵大闹dà chǎo dà nàoto shout and scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss; to make a scene
吵嘴chǎo zuǐto quarrel
吵杂chǎo zánoisy
吵闹声chǎo nào shēngnoise
吵嚷chǎo rǎngto make a racket; clamour; uproar
又吵又闹yòu chǎo yòu nàoto make a lot of noise; to be disorderly
吵吵嚷嚷chǎo chǎo rǎng rǎngto make an (unnecessary) racket (idiom)

什么吵醒你了?
shén me chǎo xǐng nǐ le ?
What woke you up?
那些人一见面就吵架。
nà xiē rén yí jiàn miàn jiù chǎo jià 。
Whenever they meet, they quarrel.
咱们停止争吵和好吧。
zán men tíng zhǐ zhēng chǎo hé hǎo ba 。
Let's patch up our argument.
他告诫他们不要吵闹。
tā gào jiè tā men bú yào chǎo nào 。
He admonished them for being noisy.
她要求我们别吵她。
tā yāo qiú wǒ men bié chǎo tā 。
She asked us to leave her alone.