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verb | láo dao | to prattle |
| 念叨verb | niàn dao | to talk about often |
| 絮叨adjective | xù dao | long-winded |
| 絮絮叨叨adjective | xù xu dāo dāo | long-winded |
| 叨念verb | dāo niàn | see 念叨 |
| 叨唠verb | dāo lao | to be chattersome |
| 神神叨叨adjective | shén shen dāo dāo | see 神神道道 |
| 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 |
| 叨扰verb | tāo rǎo | to bother |
| 磨叨 | mò dao | to grumble |
| 叨叨verb | 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.
老板跟她絮叨的内容从药材的采集过程,到自己的半生半世。
lǎo bǎn gēn tā xù dāo de nèi róng cóng yào cái de cǎi jí guò chéng , dào zì jǐ de bàn shēng bàn shì .
The boss chatted with her about everything from the process of harvesting medicinal herbs to his life story.
而这份眼力要用在哪儿,岗位详情反复在念叨:真实用户、真实任务、真实反馈、真实短板。
ér zhè fèn yǎn lì yāo yòng zài nǎ ér , gǎng wèi xiáng qíng fǎn fù zài niàn dāo : zhēn shí yòng hù , zhēn shí rèn wù , zhēn shí fǎn kuì , zhēn shí duǎn bǎn .
And the job description repeatedly emphasizes where this discernment should be applied: real users, real tasks, real feedback, and real shortcomings.
这是上海博物馆研究馆员张佩琛反复念叨的一句话。
zhè shì shàng hǎi bó wù guǎn yán jiū guǎn yuán zhāng pèi 琛 fǎn fù niàn dāo de yī jù huà .
This is a phrase that Zhang Peichen, a senior curator at the Shanghai Museum, often repeats.
他身为一个中学生,每天因为看手机时间过长被家长唠叨。
tā shēn wéi yī gè zhōng xué shēng , měi tiān yīn wéi kàn shǒu jī shí jiān guò cháng bèi jiā cháng lào dāo .
As a middle school student, he gets nagged by his parents every day for spending too much time on his phone.
这是电影中阿嬷对孙子的叮嘱,也是蓝鸿春从小听祖母念叨的家训,更是整部电影的情感基石。
zhè shì diàn yǐng zhōng ā 嬷 duì sūn zǐ de dīng zhǔ , yě shì lán hóng chūn cóng xiǎo tīng zǔ mǔ niàn dāo de jiā xùn , gēng shì zhěng bù diàn yǐng de qíng gǎn jī shí .
This is the advice Grandma gives her grandson in the film; it is also the family motto Lan Hongchun has heard his grandmother repeat since childhood, and it serves as the emotional foundation of the entire film.
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.
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