嘈 cáo noisy
noisy; bustling
怎么记住“嘈”: 口 mouth + 曹 two sides = noisy. Fans from the two sides sing with every mouth wide open, and the final gets so noisy that nobody hears the whistle.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
嘈 = 口 mouth + 曹 two sides
- 口 mouth meaning
- 曹 two sides sound
Fans from the two sides sing with every mouth wide open, and the final gets so noisy that nobody hears the whistle.
How it came to be
The mouth gives the meaning and the right part the sound.
用法
- Bound; 嘈杂 (cáozá) = noisy/clamorous, of a chaotic mix of sounds: 环境嘈杂 (huánjìng cáozá) a noisy environment.
- 嘈杂 stresses messy, overlapping noise (a market, a crowd), unlike 喧闹 which stresses lively boisterousness.