唠嗑

嘮嗑

làokē

verb

Meanings

Zán liǎ láo lao kē ba.

Let's have a chat.

Tā jiù ài gēn línjū làokē.

He loves chatting with the neighbors.

Jǐ gè lǎotàitai zuò zài ménkǒu làokē.

A few old ladies sit at the doorway chatting.

Signature Northeast China (东北) vocab. The separable form 唠唠嗑 / 唠了一会儿嗑 is more idiomatic than a bare 唠嗑 — 东北话 loves splitting verb-object compounds.

usage

Mandarin equivalents: 聊天 / 闲聊. Use 唠嗑 in casual speech or to imitate a 东北 vibe; it sounds out of place in formal writing.

唠 lào

嗑 kè