# 讥笑 (jīxiào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 讥笑 (jīxiào) means “to sneer at; to mock”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to sneer at; to mock
- Pinyin: jīxiào (ji1 xiao4)
- Traditional: 譏笑
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 我们不应该讥笑别人的缺点。
  Wǒmen bù yīnggāi jīxiào biérén de quēdiǎn.
  We should not sneer at others' shortcomings.

## Characters

- 讥 (jī): to ridicule
- [笑](https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-laugh/) (xiào): to laugh; to smile

https://hanziro.com/word/ji-xiao-sneer-at/

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