láo

used in 嘮叨|唠叨[lao2 dao5]

mouth (口) + labor (劳) = to chatter on and on

劳 gives the sound láo; the mouth radical carries the meaning. Together they evoke the wearying, unending chatter of someone who just won't stop talking.

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LaborPhonetic
MouthSemantic

她说话很叨,总是重复同样的话。

tā shuō huà hěn láo dao,zǒng shì chóng fù tóng yàng de huà。

she is very long-winded when she speaks, always repeating the same things.

他嫌妈妈叨,其实妈妈是关心他。

tā xián māma láo dao,qí shí māma shì guān xīn tā。

he finds his mother nagging annoying, but actually she is just caring about him.

Words with 唠

叨唠

dāo lao

to be chattersome

唠叨

láo dao

to prattle

唠嗑

lào kē

(dialect) to chat; to gossip

唠唠叨叨

láo lao dāo dāo

to chatter

More characters with 口