囉嗦

See also: 啰嗦

Chinese

		subordinate in a gang of bandits; fussy; talkative
trad. (囉嗦)		囉	嗦
simp. (啰嗦)		啰	嗦
alternative forms		囉唆／啰唆 羅嗦／罗嗦 羅唆／罗唆 囉囌／啰苏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luōsuo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛ ˙ㄙㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lo¹ so¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lô-so / lo-so / lō-so

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lo¹ so¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹lu-su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luōsuo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛ ˙ㄙㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luosuo̊
    • Wade–Giles: lo¹-so⁵
    • Yale: lwō-swo
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhuo.suo
    • Palladius: лосо (loso)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lo¹ so¹
    • Yale: lō sō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lo¹ so¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lo¹ so¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔː⁵⁵ sɔː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-so
    • Tâi-lô: lô-so
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loisoy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³⁻³³ sɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³⁻²² so⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴⁻¹¹ so⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴⁻²² so⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo-so
    • Tâi-lô: lo-so
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loisoy
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo⁴⁴⁻³³ so⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ sɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo³³ so³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lō-so
    • Tâi-lô: lō-so
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loixsoy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ³³⁻²¹ sɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo³³⁻¹¹ so⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lo¹ so¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lo so
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lo³³⁻²³ so³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹lu-su
    • MiniDict: 'lu^平 su
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹'lu-su
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lu⁵⁵ su²¹/

Adjective

囉嗦

1. verbose; long-winded
2. involving a hassle; troublesome; annoying

Synonyms

• (verbose): 累贅／累赘 (léizhui), 絮叨 (xùdao), 冗長／冗长 (rǒngcháng), 冗贅／冗赘 (rǒngzhuì)
• (involving a hassle):

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• 傷腦 / 伤脑 (shāngnǎo) (informal)
• 傷腦筋 / 伤脑筋 (shāng nǎojīn) (informal)
• 刺手 (cìshǒu)
• 扎手 (zhāshǒu)
• 棘手 (jíshǒu)
• 歹紡 / 歹纺 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 歹辦 / 歹办 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 䆀紡 / 䆀纺 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 䆀辦 / 䆀办 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 累贅 / 累赘
• 纏手 / 缠手 (chánshǒu) (figurative)
• 費事 / 费事 (fèishì)
• 費氣 / 费气 (Hakka, Hokkien)
• 費潲氣 / 费潲气 (Hokkien)
• 辣手 (làshǒu)
• 鑿手 / 凿手 (Hokkien)
• 難辦 / 难办 (nánbàn)
• 麻煩 / 麻烦 (máfan)

Derived terms

• 囉哩囉嗦 / 啰哩啰嗦 (luōliluōsuō)
• 囉囉嗦嗦 / 啰啰嗦嗦 (luōluosuōsuo)

Verb

囉嗦

1. to talk endlessly; to go on and on

Synonyms

• 絮叨 (xùdao)
• (Hokkien) 雜念／杂念, 雜念挐／杂念挐