牢牢

Chinese

		firm; fast	firm; fast
simp. and trad. (牢牢)		牢	牢

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): láoláo

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄌㄠˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nao² nao²
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ lou⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): lau¹ lau¹
Eastern Min (BUC): lò̤-lò̤
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lau-lau
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lau² lau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láoláo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄌㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láoláo
  - Wade–Giles: lao²-lao²
  - Yale: láu-láu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laulau
  - Palladius: лаолао (laolao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nao² nao²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lao lao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nau²¹ nau²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁴ lou⁴
  - Yale: lòuh lòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ lou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ lou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ lou̯²¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: lau¹ lau¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /lau¹¹ lau¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lò̤-lò̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃o⁵³⁻³³ l̃o⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lau-lau
  - MiniDict: lau^去 lau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-lau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² lɔ⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: lau² lau²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɒu̯¹³ lɒu̯¹³/

Adjective

牢牢

Synonyms

(firm):

堅固 / 坚固 (jiāngù)
堅實 / 坚实 (jiānshí)
堅硬 / 坚硬 (jiānyìng)
扎實
深厚 (shēnhòu) (figurative, of foundations)
牢 (láo)
牢固 (láogù)
牢靠 (láokào)
瓷 (cí)
穩固 / 稳固 (wěngù)
結實 / 结实
緊實 / 紧实 (jǐnshí)
鞏 / 巩 (gǒng) (literary, or in compounds)
鞏固 / 巩固 (gǒnggù)

(reliable):

信實 / 信实 (xìnshí)
保險 / 保险 (bǎoxiǎn)
停 (tíng) (literary, or in compounds)
可恃 (kěshì) (literary)
可靠 (kěkào)
把牢 (bǎláo) (regional, chiefly in the negative)
把穩 / 把稳 (bǎwěn) (regional)
牢 (láo)
牢靠 (láokào)
穩妥 / 稳妥 (wěntuǒ)
穩當 / 稳当
穩陣 / 稳阵 (wan2 zan6) (Cantonese)

(boundless): (formal) 寥廓 (liáokuò)

Adverb

牢牢

(literary) all along; always; constantly; long; the entire time

Synonyms

一向 (yīxiàng)
一直 (yīzhí)
一貫 / 一贯 (yīguàn)
一路 (yīlù)
一路來 / 一路来 (Xiang)
不嬲 (Cantonese)
取總 / 取总 (qü³ zong³) (Sichuanese)
向來 / 向来 (xiànglái)
始終 / 始终 (shǐzhōng)
少來 / 少来 (shǎolái) (literary)
從來 / 从来 (cónglái)
從到今 / 从到今 (Hokkien)
步頻 / 步频 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
歷來 / 历来 (lìlái)
直直 (Hokkien)
素來 / 素来 (sùlái) (literary)
終始 / 终始 (zhōngshǐ)
跇頭 / 跇头 (Eastern Min)
透底 (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)