牢騷

See also: 牢骚

Chinese

		with grievance and toil	to bother; to annoy; to have sex appeal
trad. (牢騷)		牢	騷
simp. (牢骚)		牢	骚

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láosāo

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄙㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ sou¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lô-so / lâu-sau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láosāo → láosao (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄙㄠ → ㄌㄠˊ ˙ㄙㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láosåo
  - Wade–Giles: lao²-sao⁵
  - Yale: láu-sau
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lau.sau
  - Palladius: лаосао (laosao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ sɑʊ̯⁵⁵/ → /lɑʊ̯³⁵ sɑʊ̯³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁴ sou¹
  - Yale: lòuh sōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ sou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ sou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ sou̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-so
  - Tâi-lô: lô-so
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loisoy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lo²⁴⁻²² so³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³⁻²² so⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴⁻²² so⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâu-sau
  - Tâi-lô: lâu-sau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lausaw
  - IPA (Taipei): /lau²⁴⁻¹¹ sau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau²³⁻³³ sau⁴⁴/

Verb

牢騷

to complain; to grumble; to be discontented

Synonyms

叨嘮／叨唠 (dāolao) (colloquial)
吐槽 (neologism, slang)
嗔怨 (chēnyuàn)
埋怨 (mányuàn)
怨嘆／怨叹 (oàn-thàn) (Hokkien)
怨懟／怨怼 (oàn-tūi) (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
抱怨 (bàoyuàn)
發牢騷／发牢骚 (fā láosāo)

Noun

牢騷

complaint; grumble; discontent

Synonyms

怨言 (yuànyán)

Derived terms

大發牢騷／大发牢骚
滿肚牢騷／满肚牢骚
滿腹牢騷／满腹牢骚
牢騷滿腹／牢骚满腹
發牢騷／发牢骚 (fā láosāo)

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