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láo

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láo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
láo | lao2
English translation
to chatter
to gossip
to chat (dialect)
to chat, to gossip, to jaw, to talk

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About láo

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

láo

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of láo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口劳

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

láo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and láo represents the sound. Simplified form of láo .

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Example sentences using láo

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qiáo , 这么 zhè me wǎn le , 妈妈 māma yòu gāi 唠叨 láodao le !

Look! It's late. Mother will grumble again.

不要 bù yào lǎo shì duì 唠唠 dāo dāo , 毕竟 bìjìng 还是 háishi 孩子 háizi ma !

There is no need to pick at him all day long. He's a child after all.

de 心眼 xīn yǎn 不错 bù cuò , 不过 bùguò 这阵, hěn Néng 唠叨 láodao , hěn 古怪 gǔguài .

She means well, but is very crusty and queer now.

母亲 mǔqīn 一直 yīzhí láo 唠叨 láodao dāo de cuī 理发 lǐfà .

His mother kept on chivvying him to get his hair cut.

布赖恩 yòu 絮絮 xù xu de 唠叨 láodao le 5分钟 fēnzhōng

Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.

Words with láo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
唠叨 láodao to prattle嘮叨
láo to gossip láo
唠嗑 lào kē to gossip嘮嗑
叨唠 dāo lao to nag叨嘮

láo Decomposition & Compounds

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láo Decomposition

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