牢騷

See also: 牢骚

Chinese

		with grievance and toil	to bother; to annoy; to have sex appeal
trad. (牢騷)		牢	騷
simp. (牢骚)		牢	骚

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láosāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄙㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ sou¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lô-so / lâu-sau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láosāo → láosao (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄙㄠ → ㄌㄠˊ ˙ㄙㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láosåo
    • Wade–Giles: lao²-sao⁵
    • Yale: láu-sau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lau.sau
    • Palladius: лаосао (laosao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ sɑʊ̯⁵⁵/ → /lɑʊ̯³⁵ sɑʊ̯³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴ sou¹
    • Yale: lòuh sōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ sou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ sou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ sou̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-so
    • Tâi-lô: lô-so
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loisoy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo²⁴⁻²² so³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³⁻²² so⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴⁻²² so⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâu-sau
    • Tâi-lô: lâu-sau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lausaw
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau²⁴⁻¹¹ sau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau²³⁻³³ sau⁴⁴/

Verb

牢騷

1. to complain; to grumble; to be discontented

Synonyms

• 叨嘮／叨唠 (dāolao) (colloquial)
• 吐槽 (neologism, slang)
• 嗔怨 (chēnyuàn)
• 埋怨 (mányuàn)
• 怨嘆／怨叹 (oàn-thàn) (Hokkien)
• 怨懟／怨怼 (oàn-tūi) (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 抱怨 (bàoyuàn)
• 發牢騷／发牢骚 (fā láosāo)

 

Noun

牢騷

1. complaint; grumble; discontent

Synonyms

• 怨言 (yuànyán)

Derived terms

• 大發牢騷／大发牢骚
• 滿肚牢騷／满肚牢骚
• 滿腹牢騷／满腹牢骚
• 牢騷滿腹／牢骚满腹
• 發牢騷／发牢骚 (fā láosāo)