lào

唠

Character · VerbTraditional嘮

chat; talk

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Meanings

1 sense · 5 examples
1.

verb

to chat; to talk; to have a conversation

dialect

A colloquial, dialectal term (especially common in Northern China) for casual chatting. Often used in the reduplicated form "唠唠" (lào lào) to suggest "let's talk it over."

Yǒu有
huà话
màn慢
man慢
lào唠
 ,
bié别
zháo着
jí急
 。

If you have something to say, just talk it out slowly, don't be in a hurry.

Dà大
jiā家
zuò坐
zài在
yuàn院
zi子
lǐ里
lào唠
dé得
hěn很
rè热
nao闹
 。

Everyone sat in the courtyard chatting very animatedly.

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Zǒu走
 ,
shàng上
wǒ我
jiā家
lào唠
lào唠
qù去
 。

Come on, let's go to my place and have a chat.

Yǒu有
shén什
me么
kùn困
nan难
 ,
gēn跟
gēr哥
jǐ儿
ge几
hǎo个
hao好
lào好
lào唠
 唠
 。

If you have any difficulties, have a good talk with us guys.

Tā他
men们
liǎ俩
yī一
jiàn见
miàn面
jiù就
lào唠
ge个
méi没
wán完
 。

As soon as they met, they started chatting non-stop.