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譏: to ridicule

By December 14, 2015January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning
 

譏 [讥] jī


: to ridicule, jeer, mock; inspect

Kun Reading

譏り | そしり soshiri

noun
: slander; libel; disparagement; calumny; vilification

譏る | そしる soshiru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to slander; to libel; to criticize

On Reading

キ ki

 Usage:

譏[讥]笑 ji1xiao4: to sneer
譏[讥]刺 ji1ci4: to ridicule; to mock
譏[讥]刺地 ji1ci4 de: caustically
譏誚 [讥诮] ji1qiao4: cynical
譏諷 [讥讽] ji1feng3: to satirize; to ridicule; to mock



Japanese common word
譏誹 | きひ kihi: abuse; slander

譏嫌 | きげん kigen
: humor; temper; mood; spirits
: safety; health; well-being; one’s situation
: in a good mood; in high spirits; happy; cheery; merry; chipper



Chinese expression | idiom
反唇相譏[讥] fan3 chun2 xiang1 ji1
: mutual bickering and ridicule; sarcastic repartee

 Etymology:


象形 Pictographic.
言 (yan2: speech radical 149) suggests the meaning while
(ji3: how many) provides the sound.



簡體 Simplified.
讥. Derived from generic character simplification rule #44 (幾 » 几). Derived from generic radical simplification #1 (訁言 » 讠).



 Examples:
none applicable

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary