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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

嘲笑

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: cháoxiào

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Mock/mɒk/
verbadjectivenounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"我们不应该嘲笑别人的错误。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To tease or laugh at someone or something in a scornful or contemptuous manner.

    "It is unkind to mock people for their accents."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not authentic or real; made to look like something else as an imitation.

    "The restaurant is famous for its delicious mock turtle soup."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle French word 'moquer' (to mock, deride), which likely traces back to Middle Dutch 'mocken' or Vulgar Latin origins. Over time, the meaning evolved from mimicry and imitation to explicit ridicule and derision.

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