吵
| ||||||||
Translingual
Han character
吵 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口火竹 (RFH), four-corner 69020, composition ⿰口少)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 179, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3368
- Dae Jaweon: page 397, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 588, character 8
- Unihan data for U+5435
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
吵 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 訬／𰵏 Min Nan | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (小) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sm̥ʰreːwʔ, *mewʔ): semantic 口 + phonetic 少 (OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews).
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): caau2
- Hakka
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cor3 / cao3
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5tshau
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chǎo
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chǎo
- Wade–Giles: chʻao3
- Yale: chǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chao
- Palladius: чао (čao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Malaysian colloquial)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: cháo
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cháo
- Wade–Giles: chʻao2
- Yale: cháu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaur
- Palladius: чао (čao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chāo
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chao
- Wade–Giles: chʻao1
- Yale: chāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chau
- Palladius: чао (čao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Note: chāo - only used in 吵吵 (Mainland standard).
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: cao3
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cao
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰau⁵³/
- (Chengdu)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: caau2
- Yale: cháau
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau2
- Guangdong Romanization: cao2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhàu
- Hakka Romanization System: cauˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: cau2
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰau̯¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: cau
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰau⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Puxian Min
Note:
- cor3 - vernacular (as in 魚吵蝦, 吵耳空);
- cao3 - literary (as in 吵鬧).
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhá
- Tâi-lô: tshá
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhar
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa⁴¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sʰa⁵³/
- IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰa⁴²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu
- Tâi-lô: tsháu
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhao
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
Note:
- chhá - vernacular;
- chháu - literary.
- Middle Chinese: tsrhaewX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*sm̥ʰreːwʔ/
Definitions
吵
- noisy; rowdy; boisterous; clamorous
- to argue; to dispute
- 覅吵了！ [Shanghainese, trad. and simp.]
- 6viau 5tshau-leq [Wugniu]
- Stop arguing! (or "shut up!")
- to disturb; to annoy
Synonyms
- (noisy):
Dialectal synonyms of 吵 (“noisy”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吵 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 吵 |
| Singapore | 吵 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 吵 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嘈 |
| Hong Kong | 嘈 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 嘈 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 吵 |
| Quanzhou | 吵 | |
| Zhangzhou | 吵 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 吵 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 吵 | |
- (to argue):
Dialectal synonyms of 吵架 (“to quarrel; to argue”) [map]
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: miǎo
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: miǎo
- Wade–Giles: miao3
- Yale: myǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meau
- Palladius: мяо (mjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: mjiewX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*mewʔ/
Definitions
吵
- (historical dictionaries only) Sound of chicken.
Pronunciation 3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chāo
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chao
- Wade–Giles: chʻao1
- Yale: chāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chau
- Palladius: чао (čao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
吵
Compounds
- 吵吵
- 吵吵巴火
Pronunciation 4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chào
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chào
- Wade–Giles: chʻao4
- Yale: chàu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaw
- Palladius: чао (čao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
吵
References
- “吵”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “吵”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 178.
Japanese
Kanji
吵
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}.
Readings
- Go-on: みょう (myō)、しょう (shō)
- Kan-on: びょう (byō)、そう (sō)
- Kun: さえずる (saezuru, 吵る)、こえ (koe, 吵)←こゑ (kowe, 吵, historical)
Korean
Hanja
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}.
Vietnamese
Han character
吵: Hán Nôm readings: sảo, thểu, sao, chiễu
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}.