# 吵

| 吵 | U+5435, &#21557; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5435 |
| ← 吴 [U+5434] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 吶 → [U+5436] |

## Translingual
### Han character

吵 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口火竹 (RFH), four-corner 6902$_0$, composition ⿰口少)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 179, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3368
* Dae Jaweon: page 397, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 588, character 8
* Unihan data for U+5435

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 觘 | *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 抄 | *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 鈔 | *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 訬 | *sm̥ʰreːw, *mewʔ |
| 炒 | *sʰroːʔ |
| 吵 | *sm̥ʰreːwʔ, *mewʔ |
| 耖 | *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 仯 | *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 眇 | *mewʔ |
| 渺 | *mewʔ |
| 杪 | *mewʔ |
| 秒 | *mewʔ |
| 篎 | *mewʔ, *mews |
| 妙 | *mews |
| 玅 | *mews |
| 釥 | *sm̥ʰewʔ |
| 小 | *smewʔ |
| 少 | *hmjewʔ, *hmjews |
| 麨 | *m̥ʰjewʔ |
| 尠 | *senʔ, *smos |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sm̥ʰreːwʔ, *mewʔ): semantic 口 + phonetic 少 (OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): chǎo, cháo, chāo (chao$^3$, chao$^2$, chao$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˇ, ㄔㄠˊ, ㄔㄠ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cao$^3$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caau$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhàu
    (Hailu, HRS): cau
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cor$^3$ / cao$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhá / chháu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cao$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tshau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chǎo
*** Wade–Giles: chʻao$^3$
*** Yale: chǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chao
*** Palladius: чао (čao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, Malaysian colloquial)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cháo
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cháo
*** Wade–Giles: chʻao$^2$
*** Yale: cháu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaur
*** Palladius: чао (čao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chao
*** Wade–Giles: chʻao$^1$
*** Yale: chāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chau
*** Palladius: чао (čao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: cao$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cao
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰau⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caau$^2$
*** Yale: cháau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cao$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhàu
*** Hakka Romanization System: cau$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰau̯¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: cau
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰau⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cor$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɒ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cor$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɒ³³²/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cao$^3$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: châu
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰau⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cao$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰau³³²/
* cor3 - vernacular (as in 魚吵蝦, 吵耳空);
* cao3 - literary (as in 吵鬧).
* Middle Chinese: tsrhaewX
Rime :
| Character | 吵 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 初 (19) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 初爪切 |
| Baxter | tsrhaewX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ʃʰˠau$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈ͡ʂʰᵚau$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ʃʰau$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈ͡ʂʰaɨw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ʃʰau$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ʃʰau$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʈ͡ʂʰau$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chǎo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | caau$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sm̥ʰreːwʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 吵 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 13688 |
| Phonetic component | 小 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 煼 |
| Old Chinese | /*sm̥ʰreːwʔ/ |
| Notes | 說文訬之分化字 |

#### Definitions

吵
* noisy; rowdy; boisterous; clamorous
* to argue; to dispute
       $^6$viau $^5$tshau-leq [Wugniu]
       Stop arguing! (or "shut up!")
* to disturb; to annoy

#### Synonyms

* (noisy):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 吵 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 吵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 吵 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嘈 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 嘈 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 嘈 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 吵 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 吵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 吵 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 吵 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 吵 |
* (to argue):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吵架, 爭吵, 吵鬧, 爭執, 吵嘴, 拌嘴, 鬥嘴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 吵架, 打架, 嗆嗆, 吵吵, 吵秧子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 吵架 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 吵架 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 吵架, 吵吵, 打嘴仗, 打吵子, 打嘰嘰, 鬧嘰嘰 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 吵架 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 吵架 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 犯嚼情, 犯嚼舌, 嗆嗆, 戧, 對掐, 摑 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 吵吵 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 打架 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 吵架 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 吵架 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 吵, 吵架, 吵嘴, 打仗, 打架 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 打嘴仗, 打仗 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 打仗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 嚷架兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 吵架 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 吵架 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 吵嘴, 吵架, 吵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 吵架, 吵嘴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 磨牙, 詥架, 詥, 拌嘴 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 吵嘴 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 吵仗, 嚷仗 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 嚷仗, 吵架 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 吵架, 吵, 扯筋, 罵架, 鬧架, 角逆, 打嘴巴仗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 吵架, 吵嘴, 找些來鬧 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 吵架, 吵嘴, 折罵 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 吵架, 鬧起來 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 嚷, 嚷架, 爭嘴, 拌嘴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 吵架 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 吵嘴, 吵, 鬧架 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 吵窩子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 𠵹喪, 𠵹, 吵, 吵死 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 罵架, 𠵹喪, 𠵹, 犯頂, 犯翹, 吵死, 吵嘴 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 吵嘴 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嗌交, 嘈交, 鬧交, 吵交, 爭交, 嘈吵 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 嗌交, 鬧交, 嘈交, 爭交 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 嗌交 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 吵鬧 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 鬧交 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 嘈交 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 爭交 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 嗌交 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 鬧交 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 嗌交 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 嘈, 怒交 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 嗌交 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 嗌交 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 爭交 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 吵插 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 爭吵, 嗌交 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 爭交 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 爭交 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 鬧交 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 鬧交 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 鬧交 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 鬧交 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 鬧交 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 鬧交 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 鬧交 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 嘈 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鬧交, 嘈交 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 鬧交 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 嘈交 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 打交 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 爭交, 嗌交 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 爭交, 嗌交 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 爭交 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 爭交 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 鬧會 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 嘈交, 嗌交, 牙絡 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 嘈交, 嗌交 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 嗌交 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 罵相罵, 埂仗 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 相罵, 埂, 吵 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 鬥鬧 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 相罵, 嘈交仔, 嘈交, 嘈嘴, 嘈仗, 詏 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 嘈交哩, 嘈交 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 嘈交, 嘈嘴, 撐交, 鬧交 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 詏 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 詏 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 嘈交 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 嘈交 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 爭嘴 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 鬧交 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 嘈交, 罵交 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 罵交 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 嘈嘴哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 嘈交哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 嘈嘴哩, 嘈交哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 嘈相罵 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 嘈交 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 嘈嘴 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 嘈交仔 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 爭 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 嘈口, 嘈交 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 嘈交 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 講口 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 講口 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 嘈嘴 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 講口 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 嘈交, 相聲 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 嘈交 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 罵交 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 相詏 |
| Hakka | Changting | 講口, 鬥舌 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 嘈交子, 相罵 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 嘈交子, 嘈交, 講嘴 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 講口, 鬥舌 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 講口 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 講口 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 講口 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 講口 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 講口 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 嘈事 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 嘈交 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 爭交 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 吵嘴 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 嘈交 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 嘈交 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 相罵 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 相嘈 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 吵, 吵死 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 吵死 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 吵, 嚷, 吵架 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 嚷架, 嚷 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 嚷架 |
| Jin | Handan | 吵架 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 相罵 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 罵架 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 相罵 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 相爭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 冤家, 相罵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 相爭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 冤家, 相罵 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 相罵 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 相爭 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 相喊 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 咬齧 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 咬齧 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 猴咬 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 相罵, 冤家, 冤, 嘀嗒 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 冤家, 冤, 嘀嗒 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 冤家, 冤 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 冤家, 冤 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 相罵, 冤家, 交拚 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 相罵, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 相罵, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 相罵, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 相罵, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 相罵, 冤家, 相嚷 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 相罵, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 相罵, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 相嚷, 相罵 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 相罵 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 相罵 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 相罵, 相嚷, 厊䜎, 相爭 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 相罵, 冤家, 冤, 厊䜎, 相諍 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 冤家, 相諍, 冤 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 相罵 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 爭交 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 相罵, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 相罵, 相詏, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 相罵, 相詏, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 相詏 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 相罵, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 相詏, 鬥詏, 鬥相詏, 冤家, 相爭 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 相罵, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 相罵, 相詏 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 相罵 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 相罵, 冤家 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 相爭 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 相罵, 相爭 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 相爭 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 相罵 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 罵交 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 罵交 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 爭交, 爭架, 鬥口 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 鬧交子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 吵相罵, 尋相罵, 盤嘴舌, 吵, 盤淘氣, 相罵 dated, 做惱 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 吵相罵, 淘氣 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 吵相罵, 尋相罵, 相罵 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 吵相罵, 相罵 |
| Wu | Danyang | 吵相罵, 吵事, 吵架, 吵屍 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 鬧架兒, 吵吵兒, 吵架兒 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 討相罵, 悖逆 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 造孽, 造 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 亂起, 相亂, 爭起 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 相罵, 相爭, 接熱 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 相爭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 吵場合, 鬧場合, 扯皮, 扯筋 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 扯皮 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 𪘬皮, 𪘬架, 吵架 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 𪘬筋, 扯皮 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 爭吵 |

#### Compounds

* 吵吵
* 吵吵鬧鬧 / 吵吵闹闹 (chǎochǎonàonào)
* 吵喜
* 吵嘈
* 吵嘴 (chǎozuǐ)
* 吵嚷 (chǎorǎng)
* 吵房
* 吵架 (chǎojià)
* 吵窩子 / 吵窝子
* 吵雜 / 吵杂
* 吵鬧 / 吵闹 (chǎonào)
* 嘈吵
* 大吵一頓 / 大吵一顿
* 大吵大鬧 / 大吵大闹 (dàchǎodànào)
* 對吵 / 对吵
* 廝吵 / 厮吵
* 打吵
* 打吵子
* 煩吵 / 烦吵
* 爭吵 / 争吵 (zhēngchǎo)
* 蛤蟆吵坑
* 雞吵鵝鬥 / 鸡吵鹅斗

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): miǎo (miao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: miǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: miǎo
*** Wade–Giles: miao$^3$
*** Yale: myǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meau
*** Palladius: мяо (mjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Middle Chinese: mjiewX
Rime :
| Character | 吵 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 亡沼切 |
| Baxter | mjiewX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /miᴇu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /miɛu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mjæu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /miaw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /miɛu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭɛu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi̯ɛu$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | miǎo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | miu$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mewʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 吵 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 13699 |
| Phonetic component | 小 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 眇 |
| Old Chinese | /*mewʔ/ |
| Notes | 雉鳴聲 |

#### Definitions

吵
* (historical dictionaries only) Sound of chicken.

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chāo (chao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chao
*** Wade–Giles: chʻao$^1$
*** Yale: chāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chau
*** Palladius: чао (čao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

吵
* Used in personal names.
* Used in 吵吵 (chāochao, “to make noise”).

#### Compounds

* 吵吵
* 吵吵巴火

### Pronunciation 4

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chào (chao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chào
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chào
*** Wade–Giles: chʻao$^4$
*** Yale: chàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaw
*** Palladius: чао (čao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/

#### Definitions

吵
* (historical dictionaries only) Alternative form of 訬 / 𰵏 (“light (of weight)”)

### References

* “吵”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “吵”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 178.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: みょう (myō)、しょう (shō)
* Kan-on: びょう (byō)、そう (sō)
* Kun: さえずる (saezuru, 吵る)、こえ (koe, 吵)

## Korean
### Hanja

吵 (eum 묘 (myo))
吵 (eum 초 (cho))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

吵: Hán Nôm readings: sảo, thểu, sao, chiễu
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