咧咧

咧咧

Chinese

		draw back corners of mouth; child's cry	draw back corners of mouth; child's cry
simp. and trad. (咧咧)		咧	咧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liēlie

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝ ˙ㄌㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): le⁴ le⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: liēlie
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝ ˙ㄌㄧㄝ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhie.lhie
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ⁵⁵ li̯ɛ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: le⁴ le⁴
    • Yale: lèh lèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: le⁴ le⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lé⁴ lé⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lɛː²¹ lɛː²¹/

Verb

咧咧

1. (dialectal) to talk nonsense
2. (dialectal, of a child) to cry; to wail; to weep; to sob; to blubber

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 咧咧 (to talk nonsense)

亂咁噏 (Cantonese) 亂噏廿四／乱噏廿四 (Cantonese) 亂說／乱说 (luànshuō) 口胡 (kǒuhú) (neologism, Internet slang) 四散呾 (Teochew) 扯淡 (chědàn) 扯犢子／扯犊子 (chědúzi) 放屁 (fàngpì) (colloquial)

瞎扯 (xiāchě) 瞎說／瞎说 (xiāshuō) 糝說／糁说 (Hokkien) 胡言 (húyán) 胡言亂語／胡言乱语 (húyánluànyǔ) 胡說／胡说 (húshuō) 胡說八道／胡说八道 (húshuōbādào) 鬼扯 (guǐchě) (colloquial)

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Synonyms of 咧咧 (to cry)

切氣／切气 (Min Nan) 咧咧 (liēlie) (dialectal, of a child) 哭泣 (kūqì) 哭訴／哭诉 (kūsù) (recount tearfully) 啜泣 (chuòqì) 啼 (tí) 啼哭 (tíkū) (cry loudly) 嗚咽／呜咽 (wūyè) 大哭 (dàkū) (weep uncontrollably) 抽咽 (chōuyè)

抽噎 (chōuyē) 抽搭 (chōuda) (colloquial) 抽泣 (chōuqì) 流淚／流泪 (liúlèi) (shed tears) 流目屎 (Min Nan) 流眼淚／流眼泪 (liú yǎnlèi) 痛哭 (tòngkū) (cry bitterly) 號啕／号啕 (háotáo) (cry loudly) 飲泣／饮泣 (yǐnqì) (literary, weep in silence)