發牢騷

See also: 发牢骚

Chinese

		to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop	to complain; to grumble; to be discontented to complain; to grumble; to be discontented; complaint; grumble; discontent
trad. (發牢騷)		發	牢騷
simp. (发牢骚)		发	牢骚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fā láosāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚ ㄌㄠˊ ㄙㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ lou⁴ sou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fā láosāo → fā láosao (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚ ㄌㄠˊ ㄙㄠ → ㄈㄚ ㄌㄠˊ ˙ㄙㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fa láosåo
    • Wade–Giles: fa¹ lao²-sao⁵
    • Yale: fā láu-sau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fa lau.sau
    • Palladius: фа лаосао (fa laosao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵ sɑʊ̯⁵⁵/ → /fä⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵ sɑʊ̯³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faat³ lou⁴ sou¹
    • Yale: faat lòuh sōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ lou⁴ sou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ lou⁴ sou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ lou̯²¹ sou̯⁵⁵/

Verb

發牢騷

1. to complain; to whinge; to nag; to grumble; to be grouchy

Synonyms

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• 叨嘮／叨唠 (dāolao) (colloquial)
• 吐槽 (neologism, slang)
• 嗔怨 (chēnyuàn)
• 埋怨 (mányuàn)
• 怨嘆／怨叹 (oàn-thàn) (Hokkien)
• 怨懟／怨怼 (oàn-tūi) (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 抱怨 (bàoyuàn)
• 牢騷／牢骚 (láosāo)