叨 (dāo): garrulous, to receive the benefit of
叨 (dāo) is a Chinese character meaning “garrulous.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (semantic) and 刀 (phonetic). It ranks #2661 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 叨 mouth. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 叫 (jiào, to call, to be called), 右 (yòu, (bound form) right).
Definitions
- garrulous
- to receive the benefit of
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 唠叨 | láo dao | to prattle |
| 念叨 | niàn dao | to talk about often |
| 絮叨 | xù dao | long-winded |
| 絮絮叨叨 | xù xu dāo dāo | long-winded |
| 叨念 | dāo niàn | see 念叨[nian4 dao5] |
| 叨唠 | dāo lao | to be chattersome |
| 神神叨叨 | shén shen dāo dāo | see 神神道道[shen2 shen5 dao4 dao4] |
| 忙忙叨叨 | máng mang dāo dāo | in a busy and hasty manner |
| 劳劳叨叨 | láo lao dāo dāo | variant of 嘮嘮叨叨|唠唠叨叨[lao2 lao5 dao1 dao1] |
| 叨扰 | tāo rǎo | to bother |
| 磨叨 | mò dao | to grumble |
| 叨叨 | dāo dao | to chatter |
| 唠唠叨叨 | láo lao dāo dāo | to chatter |
叨 appears in 13 compound words: 31 as the first character, 31 as the last, and 38 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 叨 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
妈妈叨嘱我要按时吃饭，注意身体健康。
mā mā dāo zhǔ wǒ yāo àn shí chī fàn , zhù yì shēn tī jiàn kāng .
Mom kept reminding me to eat on time and take care of my health.
我干嘛在跟你叨叨这些？
Wǒ gànmá zài gēn nǐ dāodao zhèxiē?
Why am I telling you all this?
别唠叨！我需要学习。
Bié láodao! wǒ xūyào xuéxí.
Don't chatter! I have to study.
我并不想唠叨你。
Wǒ bìngbù xiǎng láodao nǐ.
I don't mean to nag you.
Character Family
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