嘈嘈

嘈嘈

Chinese

		bustling; tumultuous; noisy	bustling; tumultuous; noisy
simp. and trad. (嘈嘈)		嘈	嘈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáocáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˊ ㄘㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou⁴ cou⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): chhāu-chhāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cáocáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˊ ㄘㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cáocáo
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao²-tsʻao²
    • Yale: tsáu-tsáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaurtsaur
    • Palladius: цаоцао (caocao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou⁴ cou⁴
    • Yale: chòuh chòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou⁴ tsou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou⁴ cou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯²¹ t͡sʰou̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhāu-chhāu
    • Tâi-lô: tshāu-tshāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhauxzhau
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰau³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰau²²/

Adjective

嘈嘈

1. (literary) vociferous; rackety; noisy

   • 大弦嘈嘈如急雨，小弦切切如私語。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     大弦嘈嘈如急雨，小弦切切如私语。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 815, Bai Juyi, Song of the Pipa

     Dà xián cáocáo rú jí yǔ, xiǎo xián qièqiè rú sīyǔ. [Pinyin]

     The bold strings loudly, with the crash of falling rain; the fine strings softly, as the murmur of whispered words.

Derived terms

嘈嘈念 亂嘈嘈／乱嘈嘈

嚌嚌嘈嘈／哜哜嘈嘈

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
嘈	嘈
そう Hyōgaiji	そう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そーそー [sòósóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [so̞ːso̞ː]

Adjective

嘈(そう)嘈(そう) • (sōsō) ^†-tari (adnominal 嘈(そう)嘈(そう)たる (sōsō taru), adverbial 嘈(そう)嘈(そう)と (sōsō to) or 嘈(そう)嘈(そう)として (sōsō to shite))

1. noisy

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN