嘈嘈

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáocáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˊ ㄘㄠˊ

• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhāu-chhāu
    • Tâi-lô: tshāu-tshāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhauxzhau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰau²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰau²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰau³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 嘈嘈

1. vociferous, rackety, noisy; noisily, vociferously

• c. 815 - "琵琶行" (Pipa Song), poem by Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi (白居易, 772–846)

大弦嘈嘈如急雨，小弦切切如私語。

嘈嘈切切錯雜彈，大珠小珠落玉盤。

(The bold strings rattled like splatters of sudden rain,

The fine strings hummed like lovers' whispers.

Chattering and pattering, pattering and chattering,

As pearls, large and small, on a jade plate fall.)