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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[chǎo]
  1. 1. verb [发出噪音] make a racket
  2. 2. verb [争吵] squabble
  3. 3. adjective [争吵] noisy

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[chǎo]
  1. 1. verb make a noise
    !
    Don't make so much noise!
    瞧,孩子被你们醒了。
    Look! You've woken the child.
    他。
    Don't disturb him.
    半夜主人被一阵狗叫给醒了。
    女儿轻轻关上了门,怕到休息的父母。
  2. 2. verb quarrel; wrangle; squabble
    不要为一点小事就起来。
    Don't squabble over trifles.
    我不跟他
    I will not quarrel with him.
    翻了天
    kick up a terrific row
    这对冤家又起来了。
    无故跟别人架是非常无理的行为。
    老板和客户在会议厅大了起来。
    姐妹两个为一点小事起来了。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[chǎo]
  1. 1. 声音杂乱扰人;喧闹
    临街的房子太
    外面得厉害,睡不着
  2. 2. 打嘴架;发生口角
    俩人一见面就
    了一架

Examples

深更半夜的,什么?还让不让人睡觉了? 深更半夜
那帮小青年得邻居们不得安生。
Those youngsters raised such a ruckus. They gave their neighbours no peace. 安生
不要为一点小事就起来。
Don't squabble over trifles.
我不跟他
I will not quarrel with him.
你何苦为这点鸡毛蒜皮的事跟他呢?
Why quarrel with him over such a trifle? 鸡毛蒜皮
他们说戗了,起来啦。
Their views clashed and this eventually led to a quarrel.
他们了一架,散伙了。
They quarrelled and broke up. 散伙
嫌孩子
think the children too noisy
有一个让着点,也不起来。一个巴掌拍不响。
If only one of them were more easy-going, this would never have started. It takes two to make a quarrel. 一个巴掌拍不响
他那个暴脾气,和别人说不上三句话就会起来了。

Character Decomposition


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[shào]

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