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唠

2 readings · tap one to hear it

to gossip; to chat (dialect)

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
10
Radical
口 +7
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
嘮
Common rank
#3,911
Unicode
U+5520

Sound it out + = · + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 唠 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 meaning “mouth” + 劳 sound ( láo )

Components 口 劳

Words with 唠

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
叨唠 dāo lao to be chattersome; to talk on and on without stopping; to nag
唠叨 láo dao to prattle; to chatter away; to nag; garrulous; nagging
唠唠叨叨 láo lao dāo dāo to chatter; to babble
唠嗑 lào kē (dialect) to chat; to gossip

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 劳 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
劳 sound part láo to labor, to toil; to do manual work
捞 lāo to dredge up; to fish for; to scoop out of the water
痨 láo tuberculosis
涝 lào to inundate, to flood; torrent
崂 láo Laoshan, a mountain in Shandong
耢 lào a kind of farm tool
铹 láo lawrencium