# 讽刺 (fěngcì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 讽刺 (fěngcì) means “to satirize; to mock; irony”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to satirize; to mock; irony
- Pinyin: fěngcì (feng3 ci4)
- Traditional: 諷刺
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 这部小说深刻地讽刺了社会上的贪婪。
  Zhè bù xiǎoshuō shēnkè de fěngcìle shèhuì shàng de tānlán.
  This novel profoundly satirizes the greed in society.

## Characters

- 讽 (fěng): to satirize; to mock
- [刺](https://hanziro.com/word/ci-thorn/) (cì): thorn; to stab

https://hanziro.com/word/feng-ci-satirize/

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