牢牢

Chinese

		firm; fast	firm; fast
simp. and trad. (牢牢)		牢	牢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): láoláo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄌㄠˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nao² nao²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ lou⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): lau¹ lau¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): lò̤-lò̤
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶lau-lau
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lau² lau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láoláo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄌㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láoláo
    • Wade–Giles: lao²-lao²
    • Yale: láu-láu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laulau
    • Palladius: лаолао (laolao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nao² nao²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lao lao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nau²¹ nau²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴ lou⁴
    • Yale: lòuh lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ lou̯²¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: lau¹ lau¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /lau¹¹ lau¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lò̤-lò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃o⁵³⁻³³ l̃o⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶lau-lau
    • MiniDict: lau^去 lau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-lau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² lɔ⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: lau² lau²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɒu̯¹³ lɒu̯¹³/

Adjective

牢牢

1. firm
2. safe; reliable
3. (literary) boundless; vast

Synonyms

• (firm):

• 堅固／坚固 (jiāngù)
• 堅實／坚实 (jiānshí)
• 堅硬／坚硬 (jiānyìng)
• 扎實
• 深厚 (shēnhòu) (figurative, of foundations)
• 牢 (láo)
• 牢固 (láogù)
• 牢靠 (láokào)
• 瓷 (cí)
• 穩固／稳固 (wěngù)
• 結實／结实
• 緊實／紧实 (jǐnshí)
• 鞏／巩 (gǒng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 鞏固／巩固 (gǒnggù)

 

• (reliable):

• 信實／信实 (xìnshí)
• 保險／保险 (bǎoxiǎn)
• 停 (tíng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 可恃 (kěshì) (literary)
• 可靠 (kěkào)
• 把牢 (bǎláo) (regional, chiefly in the negative)
• 把穩／把稳 (bǎwěn) (regional)
• 牢 (láo)
• 牢靠 (láokào)
• 穩妥／稳妥 (wěntuǒ)
• 穩當／稳当
• 穩陣／稳阵 (wan2 zan6) (Cantonese)

 

• (boundless): (formal) 寥廓 (liáokuò)

Adverb

牢牢

1. (literary) all along; always; constantly; long; the entire time

Synonyms

• 一向 (yīxiàng)
• 一直 (yīzhí)
• 一貫／一贯 (yīguàn)
• 一路 (yīlù)
• 一路來／一路来 (Xiang)
• 不嬲 (bat¹ lau¹) (Cantonese)
• 取總／取总 (qü³ zong³) (Sichuanese)
• 向來／向来 (xiànglái)
• 始終／始终 (shǐzhōng)
• 少來／少来 (shǎolái) (literary)
• 從來／从来 (cónglái)
• 從到今／从到今 (Hokkien)
• 歷來／历来 (lìlái)
• 直直 (Hokkien)
• 素來／素来 (sùlái) (literary)
• 終始／终始 (zhōngshǐ)
• 跇頭／跇头 (Eastern Min)
• 透底 (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)