嘈 (cou4 | cao2) : noisy; clamorous

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嘈

cou4

cao2

noisy; clamorous; booming

Stroke count: 14

Level: 1

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

嘈

This word has been viewed 17905 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Mar 2011 00:57

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呱呱嘈 gwaa1 gwaa1 cou4 gua1 gua1 cao2 = to make a lot of noise 粵

咪嘈 mai5 cou4 = shut up 粵

唔好嘈 m4 hou2 cou4 = shut up 粵

嘈住 cou4 zyu6 = to disturb 粵

嘈雜 cou4 zaap6 = noisy; clamorous; din

嘈吵 cou4 caau2 = noisy; clamorous 粵

嘈喧巴閉 cou4 hyun1 baa1 bai3 = noisy; clamorous 粵

嘈嘈閉 cou4 cou4 bai3 = noisy; clamorous 粵

嘈嘈閉閉 cou4 cou4 bai3 bai3 = noisy; clamorous 粵

鬼殺咁嘈 gwai2 saat3 gam3 cou4 = make a loud noise 粵

好嘈 hou2 cou4 = very noisy

嘈交 cou4 gaau1 cao2 jiao1 = to argue or shout at each other; quarrel (吵架)

嘈到拆樓 cou4 dou3 caak3 lau4*2 = to be very noisy 粵

墟咁嘈 heoi1 gam3 cou4 xu1 han2 cao2 = as noisy as the street market; very noisy 粵

家嘈屋閉 gaa1 cou4 uk1 bai3 jia1 cao2 wu1 bi4 = discord at home; a quarrelsome home; a home filled with constant noise and arguing 粵

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隔籬屋好嘈粵
My next-door neighbour is noisy

唔好嘈住我啦，唔知有幾多嘢做粵 ?!
Don't disturb me, I'm up to my eyes in work.
[Lit. don't disturb me, don't know how-much work [to] do.]

你哋兩個嘈得滯，唔好嘈住我。粵
You two are too noisy, don't disturb me.

收聲啦, 嘈到拆樓咁! 粵
Shut up, you're making a lot of noise!

我畀成日喊嗰個BB嘈醒咗粵
I was rudely awoken by the baby that just won't stop crying.
[Lit. I by all-day cry that [counter] baby noisy wake-up already]

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Unicode code for this character: U+5608 (off-site link)

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