Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 嗤


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Meaning

laugh at, jeer, scoff at, sneer at

Pronunciation

chī

Explanation

Left: mouth , right: worm, ignorant 蚩 (below the mountain , insect )

Mnemonic

The mouth (sees), that the mountain is like one insect and: laughs (about the ignorant worm)

Radicals

mouth, opening(This is a small square. If it is bigger: , it is an enclosure.)
mountain
insect(Also this radical is understood as: insect.)
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Vocabulary

嗤笑 chī xiào to sneer at
嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí to look down upon; to treat with contempt (idiom)


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