吵吵鬧鬧

Chinese

		to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise	to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise	make noise or disturbance	make noise or disturbance
trad. (吵吵鬧鬧)		吵	吵	鬧	鬧
simp. (吵吵闹闹)		吵	吵	闹	闹
Literally: “AABB-type reduplication of 吵鬧／吵闹 (chǎonào)”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chǎochǎonàonào

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˇ ㄔㄠˇ ㄋㄠˋ ㄋㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caau² caau² naau⁶ naau⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chǎochǎonàonào [Phonetic: cháochǎonàonào]
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˇ ㄔㄠˇ ㄋㄠˋ ㄋㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaochaonawnaw
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chǎochǎonàonào
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ nɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ nɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: caau² caau² naau⁶ naau⁶
  - Yale: cháau cháau naauh naauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau² tsaau² naau⁶ naau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: cao² cao² nao⁶ nao⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰäːu̯³⁵ t͡sʰäːu̯³⁵ näːu̯²² näːu̯²²/

Verb

吵吵鬧鬧

to quarrel

Adjective

吵吵鬧鬧

extremely noisy

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