# 挖苦 (wākǔ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 挖苦 (wākǔ) means “to speak sarcastically; to mock; to ridicule”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to speak sarcastically; to mock; to ridicule
- Pinyin: wākǔ (wa1 ku5)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 不要总是这样挖苦别人。
  Bù yào zǒngshì zhèyàng wāku biérén.
  Don't always mock others like that.

## Characters

- [挖](https://hanziro.com/word/wa-dig/) (wā): to dig; to scoop out
- [苦](https://hanziro.com/word/ku-bitter/) (kǔ): bitter; hardship

https://hanziro.com/word/wa-ku-speak-sarcastically/

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Audio: audio-cmn (CC BY-SA).