So-called regional specialities are things prized by out-of-towners but spurned by locals.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
嗤之以鼻
to snort disdainfully
IN A VIDEO嗤之以鼻
See this word with its surrounding sentence, pinyin, translation, and timestamp.
DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to snort disdainfully
02
to scoff at
03
to turn up one's nose
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 嗤之以鼻 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 嗤之以鼻 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 嗤之以鼻.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 嗤之以鼻.
Directly before
- 本地人嗤之以鼻1
- 不要嗤之以鼻1
Directly after
- 嗤之以鼻的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 嗤之以鼻
What does 嗤之以鼻 mean in Chinese?
嗤之以鼻 (chīzhīyǐbí) means to snort disdainfully.
How do you pronounce 嗤之以鼻?
嗤之以鼻 is pronounced chīzhīyǐbí.
Is 嗤之以鼻 an HSK word?
嗤之以鼻 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
SEE IT IN CONTEXT
Upload a videoTurn your own Chinese video into a searchable learning file.
Keep English optional, place pinyin above Hanzi, and export subtitles named after your video.