# 吵鬧
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chǎonào
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˇ ㄋㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caau$^2$ naau$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhàu-nau
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cao$^3$ nao$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chháu-nāu / chháu-lāu / chhá-lā / chhá-lǎ / chhá-nāu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chǎonào
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˇ ㄋㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chǎonào
*** Wade–Giles: chʻao$^3$-nao$^4$
*** Yale: chǎu-nàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaonaw
*** Palladius: чаонао (čaonao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caau$^2$ naau$^6$
*** Yale: cháau naauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau$^2$ naau$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cao$^2$ nao$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵ naːu̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhàu-nau
*** Hakka Romanization System: cau$^ˇ$ nau
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cau$^2$ nau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰau̯¹¹ nau̯⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cao$^3$ nao$^3$ [Phonetic: cao$^5$ nao$^3$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: châu-nâu
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰau⁴⁵³⁻²¹ nau⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cao$^3$ nao$^3$ [Phonetic: cao$^5$ nao$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰau³³²⁻²¹ nau³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-nāu
*** Tâi-lô: tsháu-nāu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhawnau
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nãu²²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nãu³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nãu³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-lāu
*** Tâi-lô: tsháu-lāu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhawlau
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lau³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lau³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lau⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhá-lā
*** Tâi-lô: tshá-lā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhafla
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ la²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhá-lǎ
*** Tâi-lô: tshá-lǎ
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ la²²/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhá-nāu
*** Tâi-lô: tshá-nāu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhafnau
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ nãu³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nãu³³/
* chháu-nāu/chháu-lāu - literary;
* chhá-lā/chhá-lǎ - vernacular.

### Verb

吵鬧
* to quarrel; to argue; to have a row
* to scream and shout

#### Synonyms

* (to quarrel):
| 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 |
* 口角 (kǒujué)
* 吵吵 (dialectal, colloquial)
* 吵嘴 (chǎozuǐ)
* 吵擾 / 吵扰 (chǎorǎo) (regional)
* 吵架 (chǎojià)
* 對搩 / 对搩 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 對枴 / 对枴 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 對枷 / 对枷 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 對桀 / 对桀 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 打嘴仗 (dǎ zuǐzhàng)
* 打架 (dǎjià) (dialectal)
* 拌 (bàn)
* 拄撞 (Hokkien)
* 枴館 / 枴馆 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 桀繳 / 桀缴 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 桀館 / 桀馆 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 爭吵 / 争吵 (zhēngchǎo)
* 相枷 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 相桀 (Hokkien)
* 鬥嘴 / 斗嘴 (dòuzuǐ)

### Adjective

吵鬧
* noisy; clamorous
    From: 1927, Lu Xun, “A Few Stray Thoughts”
    Rénlèi de bēihuān bìngbù xiàngtōng, wǒ zhǐ juéde tāmen chǎonào. [Pinyin]
    Humans' sorrows and joys are by no means connected; I only think that they are noisy.

#### Synonyms

| 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 |

#### Descendants

* → Khmer: ឆោឡោ (chao lao)