嘈嘈

Chinese

		bustling; tumultuous; noisy	bustling; tumultuous; noisy
simp. and trad. (嘈嘈)		嘈	嘈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáocáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˊ ㄘㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou⁴ cou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhāu-chhāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cáocáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˊ ㄘㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cáocáo
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao²-tsʻao²
    • Yale: tsáu-tsáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaurtsaur
    • Palladius: цаоцао (caocao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou⁴ cou⁴
    • Yale: chòuh chòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou⁴ tsou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou⁴ cou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯²¹ t͡sʰou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhāu-chhāu
    • Tâi-lô: tshāu-tshāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhauxzhau
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰau³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰau²²/

Adjective

嘈嘈

1. (literary) vociferous; rackety; noisy

   • 大弦嘈嘈如急雨，小弦切切如私語。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     大弦嘈嘈如急雨，小弦切切如私语。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 815, Bai Juyi, Song of the Pipa

     Dà xián cáocáo rú jí yǔ, xiǎo xián qièqiè rú sīyǔ. [Pinyin]

     The bold strings loudly, with the crash of falling rain; the fine strings softly, as the murmur of whispered words.

Derived terms

• 亂嘈嘈／乱嘈嘈
• 嘈嘈念
• 嚌嚌嘈嘈／哜哜嘈嘈

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嘈	嘈
そう Hyōgaiji	そう Hyōgaiji
kan’on

Alternative spelling
嘈々

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そーそー [sòósóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ːso̞ː]

Adjective

嘈(そう)嘈(そう) • (sōsō) ^{←さうさう (sausau)?†}-tari (adnominal 嘈(そう)嘈(そう)とした (sōsō to shita) or 嘈(そう)嘈(そう)たる (sōsō taru), adverbial 嘈(そう)嘈(そう)と (sōsō to) or 嘈(そう)嘈(そう)として (sōsō to shite))

1. (literary) noisy

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "嘈嘈たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	嘈嘈たら	そうそうたら	sousoutara
Continuative (連用形)	嘈嘈と[1] 嘈嘈たり[2]	そうそうと そうそうたり	sousouto sousoutari
Terminal (終止形)	嘈嘈たり	そうそうたり	sousoutari
Attributive (連体形)	嘈嘈たる	そうそうたる	sousoutaru
Realis (已然形)	嘈嘈たれ	そうそうたれ	sousoutare
Imperative (命令形)	嘈嘈たれ	そうそうたれ	sousoutare
Key constructions
Negative	嘈嘈たらず	そうそうたらず	sousoutarazu
Contrasting conjunction	嘈嘈たれど	そうそうたれど	sousoutaredo
Causal conjunction	嘈嘈たれば	そうそうたれば	sousoutareba
Conditional conjunction	嘈嘈たらば	そうそうたらば	sousoutaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	嘈嘈たりき	そうそうたりき	sousoutariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	嘈嘈たりけり	そうそうたりけり	sousoutarikeri
Adverbial	嘈嘈と	そうそうと	sousouto
[1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb.

Korean

Hanja in this term
嘈	嘈

Noun

嘈嘈 • (jojo) (hangeul 조조)

1. Hanja form^? of 조조.