吵嚷

chǎorǎng

verb #25,347

Meanings

HSK 3

请不要在图书馆里吵嚷。

Qǐng búyào zài túshūguǎn lǐ chǎorǎng.

Please don't make noise in the library.

HSK 4

孩子们在院子里吵嚷个不停。

Háizi men zài yuànzi lǐ chǎorǎng gè bùtíng.

The children were making a racket in the courtyard without stopping.

HSK 6

外面一阵吵嚷声把我吵醒了。

Wàimiàn yízhèn chǎorǎng shēng bǎ wǒ chǎoxǐng le.

A burst of clamor outside woke me up.

memory

Both 吵 and 嚷 individually mean to make noise or shout - combined they intensify the sense of chaotic noisy clamor.

吵 chǎo

嚷 rǎng