挖 苦

wāku

“To speak sarcastically” in Chinese is 挖苦 (wāku).

Meaning

to speak sarcastically
to make cutting remarks

Example

汤姆真会挖苦人。

Tom is quite sarcastic.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

wāHSK 69 strokesto dig kǔHSK 38 strokesbitter

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