叨

dāo

verb #11,403

Meanings

1 to chatter
2 to nag
3 garrulous

Characters

to chatter; to nag

Examples

奶奶又在叨叨了。

Nǎinai yòu zài dāodao le.

Grandma is nagging again.

他叨了半天，我一句也没听进去。

Tā dāo le bàntiān, wǒ yī jù yě méi tīng jìnqù.

He chattered on and on, but I didn't take in a word.

Tips

mistakes

叨 has two pronunciations: dāo (to chatter/nag, as in 叨叨 or 唠叨) and tāo (to receive a favor, literary, as in 叨扰). The common colloquial usage is dāo.

Stroke Order

叨 dāo