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唠

láo

HSK 6 Character Traditional 嘮

What 唠 means

1. used in {唠叨|láo dao}

Other readings

唠 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• làoto gossip; to chat (dialect)

Example sentences

• 我并不想唠叨你。
  I don't mean to nag you.
• 别唠叨！我需要学习。
  Bié láodao! wǒ xūyào xuéxí.
  Don't chatter! I have to study.

Words starting with 唠

• 唠叨láo daoto prattle; to chatter away; to nag
• 唠唠叨叨láo lao dāo dāoto chatter; to babble
• 唠嗑lào kē(dialect) to chat; to gossip

Words containing 唠

• 叨唠dāo laoto be chattersome; to talk on and on without stopping; to nag

Characters built on 劳

These share the phonetic component 劳 (láo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 捞lāoto fish up; to dredge up
• 涝làoflooded
• 崂láoname of a mountain in Shandong
• 痨láotuberculosis
• 铹láolawrencium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 唠

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 啸xiào(of people) to whistle; (of birds and animals) to screech; to howl; to roar
• 哺bǔto feed
• 唾tuòsaliva; to spit
• 啃kěnto gnaw; to nibble; to bite
• 啧zé(interj. of admiration or of disgust); to click one's tongue…
• 唷yō(interjection expressing surprise) Oh!; My!

Sounds the same

Read láo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 劳(bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed
• 牢(literary) pen; fold (for livestock); prison; jail; firm; secure; fast
• 铹lawrencium (chemistry)
• 崂name of a mountain in Shandong
• 痨tuberculosis
• 醪wine or liquor with sediment
• 哰used in 㘓哰
• 窂variant of 牢