嘮叨

See also: 唠叨

Chinese

		to chatter	be in receipt of; grumble; garrulous
trad. (嘮叨)		嘮	叨
simp. (唠叨)		唠	叨
anagram		叨嘮／叨唠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láodao

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ˙ㄉㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ dou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láodao
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ˙ㄉㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láodåo
    • Wade–Giles: lao²-tao⁵
    • Yale: láu-dau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lau.dau
    • Palladius: лаодао (laodao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ d̥ɑʊ̯³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴ dou¹
    • Yale: lòuh dōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ dou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ dou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ tou̯⁵⁵/

Verb

嘮叨

1. (colloquial) to chatter; to go on and on; to prattle; to nag

   一個愛嘮叨的奶奶 [MSC, trad.]
   一个爱唠叨的奶奶 [MSC, simp.]

   yīge ài láodao de nǎinai [Pinyin]

   a nagging grandmother

   他嫌我嘮叨。／他嫌我唠叨。  ―  Tā xián wǒ láodao.  ―  He doesn't like it how I go on.