咧咧

Chinese

		draw back corners of mouth; child's cry	draw back corners of mouth; child's cry
trad. (咧咧)		咧	咧
simp. #(咧咧)		咧	咧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liēlie

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝ ˙ㄌㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): le⁴ le⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liēlie
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝ ˙ㄌㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lielie̊
    • Wade–Giles: lieh¹-lieh⁵
    • Yale: lyē-lye
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhie.lie
    • Palladius: леле (lele)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ⁵⁵ li̯ɛ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: le⁴ le⁴
    • Yale: lèh lèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: le⁴ le⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lé⁴ lé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɛː²¹ lɛː²¹/

Verb

咧咧

1. (dialectal) to talk nonsense
2. (dialectal, of a child) to cry; to wail; to weep; to sob; to blubber

Synonyms

(to talk nonsense):

• 七說八說／七说八说 (Hokkien)
• 七講八講／七讲八讲 (Hokkien, Wu)
• 亂說／乱说 (luànshuō)
• 口胡 (kǒuhú) (neologism, Internet slang)
• 妄言 (wàngyán) (literary)
• 妄說／妄说
• 打鑔／打镲 (dǎchǎ) (regional)
• 扯淡 (chědàn)
• 扯臊 (chěsào) (regional)
• 掰 (bāi) (figurative, colloquial)
• 放屁 (fàngpì) (colloquial)
• 放狗屁 (fàng gǒupì) (vulgar)
• 瞎七搭八 (⁷haq-chiq-taq-paq) (Wu)
• 瞎扯 (xiāchě)
• 瞎掰 (xiābāi)
• 瞎聊 (xiāliáo)
• 瞎說／瞎说 (xiāshuō)
• 胡扯 (húchě)
• 胡言 (húyán)
• 胡言亂語／胡言乱语 (húyánluànyǔ)
• 胡言漢語／胡言汉语 (húyánhànyǔ)
• 胡說／胡说 (húshuō)
• 胡說八道／胡说八道 (húshuōbādào)
• 說東說西／说东说西 (Hokkien)
• 講東講西／讲东讲西 (Hokkien)
• 譗𧫡 (zházhì)
• 鬼扯 (guǐchě) (colloquial)

 

(to cry):

• 哭 (kū)
• 哭泣 (kūqì)
• 哭訴／哭诉 (kūsù) (to recount tearfully)
• 哭鼻子 (kū bízi) (chiefly Mandarin, colloquial, often humorous)
• 啜氣／啜气 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 啜泣 (chuòqì)
• 啼 (tí) (literary, or in compounds)
• 啼哭 (tíkū) (to cry loudly)
• 嗆／呛 (Hokkien)
• 嗚咽／呜咽 (wūyè)
• 大哭 (dàkū) (to weep loudly)
• 忽喇 (hueh⁴ ci¹) (Jin)
• 抽咽 (chōuyè)
• 抽噎 (chōuyē)
• 抽搭 (chōuda) (colloquial)
• 抽泣 (chōuqì)
• 泣 (literary, or in compounds)
• 流淚／流泪 (liúlèi) (to shed tears)
• 流眼淚／流眼泪 (liú yǎnlèi) (to shed tears)
• 痛哭 (tòngkū) (to cry bitterly)
• 號哭／号哭 (háokū) (to wail)
• 號啕／号啕 (háotáo) (to cry loudly)
• 飲泣／饮泣 (yǐnqì) (literary, to weep in silence)