cou4嘈

Jyutpingcou4

Yalechòuh

形容詞Very common

Definition

Noisy, loud, or making an annoying amount of racket.

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How it's used

Used primarily to describe environments or people that are annoyingly loud. It functions as an adjective that can be modified by degree adverbs like 好 or 咁. When someone is being intentionally loud or disruptive, it is common to use the verb form 嘈住 to mean disturbing or bothering someone with noise.

Examples

gaan1間caan1餐teng1廳hou2好cou4嘈，ngo5我dei6哋zyun3轉heoi3去dai6第ji6二dou6度sik6食laa1啦。

The restaurant is so noisy, let's go eat somewhere else.

nei5你dei6哋sai3細seng1聲di1啲laa1啦，gaak3隔lei4離uk1屋tau4投sou3訴hou2好cou4嘈aa3呀。

Keep it down, the neighbors are complaining that it's too noisy.

Common phrases

cou4嘈zyu6住saai3晒

making a lot of noise everywhere

cou4嘈hyun1喧baa1巴bai3閉

noisy and chaotic

Common mistake

Do not confuse this with 吵, which is the standard written character often used in Mandarin. While 嘈 is the standard Cantonese character for noisy, learners sometimes mistakenly use 吵 in written Cantonese, which can look out of place in a colloquial context.