嘍
简 喽 · 繁 嘍Meanings · lau2
- used in onomatopoetic expression
Meanings · lau3
- to invite
- to persuade
- to stutter
- to stammer
Meanings · lau4
- the followers of a bandit
Meanings · lo3
- (final particle equivalent to 了) showing showing argumentative mood
- emphasis
- one's judgement
- one's decision
- suggestion
- expressing a changed condition
- (particle calling attention to, or mildly warning of, a situation)
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Mandarin ↔ Cantonese
- Cantonese嘍lo3↔Mandarin了le
Source note
CC-Canto line 26774: (final particle equivalent to 了le [了]) showing showing argumentative mood
Only equivalences a source states in its own words (“Mandarin equivalent”, “particle equivalent to”). Not a translation table: usage, register and senses can differ.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Tone difference from Unihan
- 嘍 is read lau2 here; Unihan’s citation reading is lau4. Same syllable, different tone across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 嘍 lau2 as its own entry.
Computed by zimai: each syllable of the CC-Canto word reading is compared with Unihan 17.0.0 kCantonese for its character. The comparison does not say why a reading differs (a changed tone, 變音, a reading tied to one meaning, or a source variant).
Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 嘍 lóu CC-CEDICT · Mandarin(bound form) subordinates in a gang of bandits
- 嘍 lou CC-CEDICT · Mandarin(final particle equivalent to 了 le); (particle calling attention to, or mildly warning of, a situation)
A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: lou5. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 6 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
lau1 · lau3 · lau4
Cantonese word readings for 嘍. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- used in 嗹嘍／𪡏喽
character · Etymology 2
- used in 嘍囉／喽啰 (lóuluó)
- used in 吐嘍／吐喽
character · Etymology 3
- Alternative pronunciation of the particle 了.
character · Etymology 4
- used in 哈嘍／哈喽 (hālou, “Hello”)
character · Etymology 5
- (Cantonese) alternative form of 摟 /搂 (lau3)
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