吵鬧

See also: 吵闹

Chinese

		to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise	make noise or disturbance
trad. (吵鬧)		吵	鬧
simp. (吵闹)		吵	闹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǎonào

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˇ ㄋㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caau² naau⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhàu-nau
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chháu-nāu / chháu-lāu / chhá-lā / chhá-lǎ / chhá-nāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǎonào
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˇ ㄋㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǎonào
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao³-nao⁴
    • Yale: chǎu-nàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaonaw
    • Palladius: чаонао (čaonao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caau² naau⁶
    • Yale: cháau naauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau² naau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cao² nao⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵ naːu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhàu-nau
    • Hakka Romanization System: cauˇ nau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cau² nau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰau̯¹¹ nau̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-nāu
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-nāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhawnau
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nãu²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nãu³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nãu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-lāu
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-lāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhawlau
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lau³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lau³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lau⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhá-lā
    • Tâi-lô: tshá-lā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhafla
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ la²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhá-lǎ
    • Tâi-lô: tshá-lǎ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ la²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhá-nāu
    • Tâi-lô: tshá-nāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhafnau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nãu³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nãu³³/

Note:

• chháu-nāu/chháu-lāu - literary;
• chhá-lā/chhá-lǎ - vernacular.

Verb

吵鬧

1. to quarrel; to argue; to have a row
2. to scream and shout

Synonyms

• (to quarrel):

Dialectal synonyms of 吵架 (“to quarrel; to argue”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吵架, 爭吵, 吵鬧, 爭執, 吵嘴, 拌嘴, 鬥嘴
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	吵架, 打架, 嗆嗆, 吵吵, 吵秧子
	Taiwan	吵架
	Langfang	吵架
	Harbin	吵架, 吵吵, 打嘴仗, 打吵子, 打嘰嘰, 鬧嘰嘰
	Malaysia	吵架
	Singapore	吵架
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	犯嚼情, 犯嚼舌, 嗆嗆, 戧, 對掐, 摑
	Tangshan	吵吵
	Cangzhou	打架
	Baoding	吵架
	Shijiazhuang	吵架
	Jinan	吵, 吵架, 吵嘴, 打仗, 打架
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	打嘴仗, 打仗
	Qingdao	打仗
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	嚷架兒
	Daming	吵架
	Wanrong	吵架
	Xi'an	吵嘴, 吵架, 吵
	Xining	吵架, 吵嘴
	Xuzhou	磨牙, 詥架, 詥, 拌嘴
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	吵嘴
	Lanzhou	吵仗, 嚷仗
	Ürümqi	嚷仗, 吵架
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	吵架, 吵, 扯筋, 罵架, 鬧架, 角逆, 打嘴巴仗
	Chongqing	吵架, 吵嘴, 找些來鬧
	Wuhan	吵架, 吵嘴, 折罵
	Guiyang	吵架, 鬧起來
	Kunming	嚷, 嚷架, 爭嘴, 拌嘴
	Guilin	吵架
	Liuzhou	吵嘴, 吵, 鬧架
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	吵窩子
	Yangzhou	𠵹喪, 𠵹, 吵, 吵死
	Nantong	罵架, 𠵹喪, 𠵹, 犯頂, 犯翹, 吵死, 吵嘴
	Hefei	吵嘴
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嗌交, 嘈交, 鬧交, 吵交, 爭交, 嘈吵
	Hong Kong	嗌交, 鬧交, 嘈交, 爭交
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	嗌交
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	吵鬧
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	鬧交
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	嘈交
	Macau	爭交
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	嗌交
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	鬧交
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	嗌交
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	嘈, 怒交
	Foshan	嗌交
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	嗌交
	Foshan (Shunde)	爭交
	Foshan (Sanshui)	吵插
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	爭吵, 嗌交
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	爭交
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	爭交
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	鬧交
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	鬧交
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	鬧交
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	鬧交
	Taishan	鬧交
	Kaiping (Chikan)	鬧交
	Enping (Niujiang)	鬧交
	Heshan (Yayao)	嘈
	Dongguan	鬧交, 嘈交
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鬧交
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	嘈交
	Yangjiang	打交
	Nanning	爭交, 嗌交
	Wuzhou	爭交, 嗌交
	Yulin	爭交
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	爭交
	Danzhou	鬧會
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	嘈交, 嗌交, 牙絡
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嘈交, 嗌交
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	嗌交
Gan	Nanchang	罵相罵, 埂仗
	Lichuan	相罵, 埂, 吵
	Pingxiang	鬥鬧
Hakka	Meixian	相罵, 嘈交仔, 嘈交, 嘈嘴, 嘈仗, 詏
	Xingning	嘈交哩, 嘈交
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	嘈交, 嘈嘴, 撐交, 鬧交
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	詏
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	詏
	Huidong (Daling)	嘈交
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	嘈交
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	爭嘴
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	鬧交
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	嘈交, 罵交
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	罵交
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	嘈嘴哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	嘈交哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	嘈嘴哩, 嘈交哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	嘈相罵
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	嘈交
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	嘈嘴
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	嘈交仔
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	爭
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	嘈口, 嘈交
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	嘈交
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	講口
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	講口
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	嘈嘴
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	講口
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	嘈交, 相聲
	Liannan	嘈交
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	罵交
	Jiexi	相詏
	Changting	講口, 鬥舌
	Wuping	嘈交子, 相罵
	Wuping (Pingyu)	嘈交子, 嘈交, 講嘴
	Liancheng	講口, 鬥舌
	Ninghua	講口
	Yudu	講口
	Ruijin	講口
	Shicheng	講口
	Shangyou (Shexi)	講口
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 嘈事
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
	Hong Kong	嘈交
	Luchuan	爭交
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	吵嘴
	Sabah (Longchuan)	嘈交
	Senai (Huiyang)	嘈交
	Kuching (Hepo)	相罵
	Singkawang	相嘈
Huizhou	Jixi	吵, 吵死
	Shexian	吵死
Jin	Taiyuan	吵, 嚷, 吵架
	Xinzhou	嚷架, 嚷
	Zhangjiakou	嚷架
	Handan	吵架
Northern Min	Jian'ou	相罵
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	罵架
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	相罵
	Pucheng (Shibei)	相爭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	冤家, 相罵
	Fuzhou (Changle)	相爭
	Fuqing	冤家, 相罵
	Yongtai	相罵
	Gutian	相爭
	Ningde	相喊
	Shouning	咬齧
	Zhouning	咬齧
	Fuding	猴咬
Southern Min	Xiamen	相罵, 冤家, 冤, 嘀嗒
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	冤家
	Quanzhou	冤家, 冤, 嘀嗒
	Jinjiang	冤家, 冤
	Zhangzhou	冤家, 冤
	Zhao'an	相罵, 冤家, 交拚
	Taipei	相罵, 冤家
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	相罵, 冤家
	Kaohsiung	相罵, 冤家
	Yilan	相罵, 冤家
	Changhua (Lukang)	相罵, 冤家, 相嚷
	Taichung	相罵, 冤家
	Taichung (Wuqi)	冤家
	Tainan	相罵, 冤家
	Taitung	冤家
	Hsinchu	相嚷, 相罵
	Kinmen	相罵
	Penghu (Magong)	相罵
	Penang (Hokkien)	相罵, 相嚷, 厊䜎, 相爭
	Singapore (Hokkien)	相罵, 冤家, 冤, 厊䜎, 相諍
	Manila (Hokkien)	冤家, 相諍, 冤
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	相罵
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	爭交
	Chaozhou	相罵, 冤家
	Shantou	相罵, 相詏, 冤家
	Shantou (Chenghai)	相罵, 相詏, 冤家
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	相詏
	Jieyang	相罵, 冤家
	Puning	相詏, 冤家, 相爭
	Haifeng	相罵, 冤家
	Bangkok (Teochew)	相罵, 相詏
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	相罵
	Singapore (Teochew)	相罵, 冤家
	Leizhou	相爭
	Wenchang	相罵, 相爭
	Haikou	相爭
	Singapore (Hainanese)	相罵
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	罵交
	Sanxiang	罵交
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	爭交, 爭架, 鬥口
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	鬧交子
Wu	Shanghai	吵相罵, 尋相罵, 盤嘴舌, 吵, 盤淘氣, 相罵 dated, 做惱 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	吵相罵, 淘氣
	Suzhou	吵相罵, 尋相罵, 相罵
	Wuxi	吵相罵, 相罵
	Danyang	吵相罵, 吵事, 吵架, 吵屍
	Hangzhou	鬧架兒, 吵吵兒, 吵架兒
	Shaoxing	討相罵, 悖逆
	Ningbo	造孽, 造
	Wenzhou	亂起, 相亂, 爭起
	Jinhua	相罵, 相爭, 接熱
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	相爭
Xiang	Changsha	吵場合, 鬧場合, 扯皮, 扯筋
	Xiangtan	扯皮
	Loudi	𪘬皮, 𪘬架, 吵架
	Shuangfeng	𪘬筋, 扯皮
	Quanzhou	爭吵

• 口角 (kǒujué)
• 吵吵 (dialectal, colloquial)
• 吵嘴 (chǎozuǐ)
• 吵擾／吵扰 (chǎorǎo) (regional)
• 吵架 (chǎojià)
• 對搩／对搩 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 對枷／对枷 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 對桀／对桀 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 對獪／对狯 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 打嘴仗 (dǎ zuǐzhàng)
• 打架 (dǎjià) (dialectal)
• 拌 (bàn)
• 拄撞 (Hokkien)
• 桀繳／桀缴 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 桀館／桀馆 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 爭吵／争吵 (zhēngchǎo)
• 相枷 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 相桀 (Hokkien)
• 鬥嘴／斗嘴 (dòuzuǐ)

 

Adjective

吵鬧

1. noisy; clamorous

   • 人類的悲歡並不相通，我只覺得他們吵鬧。 [MSC, trad.]
     人类的悲欢并不相通，我只觉得他们吵闹。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, Lu Xun, “A Few Stray Thoughts”

     Rénlèi de bēihuān bìngbù xiàngtōng, wǒ zhǐ juéde tāmen chǎonào. [Pinyin]

     Humans' sorrows and joys are by no means connected; I only think that they are noisy.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 吵 (“noisy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		吵
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	吵
	Singapore	吵
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	吵
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嘈
	Hong Kong	嘈
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嘈
Southern Min	Xiamen	吵
	Quanzhou	吵
	Zhangzhou	吵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	吵
	Manila (Hokkien)	吵

Descendants

• → Khmer: ឆោឡោ (chao lao)