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嘮

简唠 · 繁嘮

Mandarin · pinyin láo#

used in 嘮叨 láo dao

Mandarin · pinyin lào#

to gossip
to chat (dialect)

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唠: láo · chat, jaw, gossip, talk

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2 · lao2

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lou4 · lou6

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to nag; to talk on and on; to chatter

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(dialectal) to talk; to chat

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 嘮呶／唠呶 (“to be noisy”)

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 詨 /𰵦 (xiào, “sound of interjection”)

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