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挖苦

wāku

to speak sarcastically

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Meaning of 挖苦 in English

wākuHSK 7–9verbSyllabus #9568
  1. to speak sarcastically
  2. to make cutting remarks
  3. also pr. [wa1 ku5]

Example sentences

  1. 汤姆真会挖苦人。
    tāng mǔ zhēn huì wā kǔ rén。
    Tom is quite sarcastic.
    Tatoeba #5663484 by verdastelo9604 · #3409435 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

挖 on its own →
wā · to dig

HSK words with 挖

挖HSK 6挖掘HSK 7–9
苦 on its own →
kǔ · bitter

HSK words with 苦

苦HSK 4辛苦HSK 4艰苦HSK 5痛苦HSK 5酸甜苦辣HSK 5吃苦HSK 7–9何苦HSK 7–9刻苦HSK 7–9苦难HSK 7–9苦恼HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences