吵吵鬧鬧

Chinese

		to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise	to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise	make noise or disturbance	make noise or disturbance
trad. (吵吵鬧鬧)		吵	吵	鬧	鬧
simp. (吵吵闹闹)		吵	吵	闹	闹
AABB-type reduplication of 吵鬧／吵闹 (chǎonào)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǎochǎonàonào

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˇ ㄔㄠˇ ㄋㄠˋ ㄋㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caau² caau² naau⁶ naau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǎochǎonàonào [Phonetic: cháochǎonàonào]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˇ ㄔㄠˇ ㄋㄠˋ ㄋㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǎochǎonàonào
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao³-chʻao³-nao⁴-nao⁴
    • Yale: chǎu-chǎu-nàu-nàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaochaonawnaw
    • Palladius: чаочаонаонао (čaočaonaonao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ nɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caau² caau² naau⁶ naau⁶
    • Yale: cháau cháau naauh naauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau² tsaau² naau⁶ naau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cao² cao² nao⁶ nao⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵ t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵ naːu̯²² naːu̯²²/

Verb

吵吵鬧鬧

1. to quarrel

Adjective

吵吵鬧鬧

1. extremely noisy

Descendants

• → Macanese: chau-chau-lau-lau