嘮叨

See also: 唠叨

Chinese

		to chatter	be in receipt of; grumble; garrulous
trad. (嘮叨)		嘮	叨
simp. (唠叨)		唠	叨
anagram		叨嘮／叨唠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láodāo, lāodao

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄉㄠ, ㄌㄠ ˙ㄉㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ dou¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹lau-tau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láodāo → láodao (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄉㄠ → ㄌㄠˊ ˙ㄉㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láodåo
    • Wade–Giles: lao²-tao⁵
    • Yale: láu-dau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lau.dau
    • Palladius: лаодао (laodao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/ → /lɑʊ̯³⁵ d̥ɑʊ̯³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lāodao
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠ ˙ㄉㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: laodåo
    • Wade–Giles: lao¹-tao⁵
    • Yale: lāu-dau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhau.dau
    • Palladius: лаодао (laodao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d̥ɑʊ̯²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴ dou¹
    • Yale: lòuh dōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ dou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ dou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ tou̯⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹lau-tau
    • MiniDict: 'lau^平 tau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹'lau-tau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ⁵⁵ tɔ²¹/

Verb

嘮叨

1. (colloquial) to nag; to chatter; to prattle; to go on and on; to talk on and on

   一個愛嘮叨的奶奶 [MSC, trad.]
   一个爱唠叨的奶奶 [MSC, simp.]

   yīge ài láodao de nǎinai [Pinyin]

   a nagging grandmother

   他嫌我嘮叨。／他嫌我唠叨。  ―  Tā xián wǒ láodao.  ―  He doesn't like it how I go on.

Synonyms

• 饒舌／饶舌 (ráoshé)
• (Hokkien) 譟／噪, 冓, 煰