cou4 caau2嘈吵

Jyutpingcou4 caau2

Yalechòuh cháau

形容詞Uncommon

Definition

Noisy, boisterous, or loud in an annoying way.

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How it's used

While 嘈吵 is a standard way to describe a noisy environment, native speakers often just use the single character 嘈 to convey the same meaning in casual speech. Using the full two character form can sound slightly more formal or emphatic, similar to the difference between saying something is loud versus saying it is boisterous.

Examples

nei1呢dou6度hou2好cou4嘈caau2吵，ngo5我dei6哋heoi3去dai6第ji6二dou6度king1傾laa1啦。

It's too noisy here, let's go somewhere else to talk.

nei5你dei6哋ho2可m4唔ho2可ji5以m4唔hou2好gam3咁cou4嘈caau2吵aa4呀？

Can you all please stop being so noisy?

Common phrases

waan4環ging2境cou4嘈caau2吵

noisy environment

cou4嘈caau2吵sing1聲

noise

Common mistake

Learners often mistakenly use 嘈吵 as a verb to mean 'to make noise', but it is strictly an adjective. If you want to tell someone to stop making noise, you should use the verb 嘈, as in 唔好咁嘈.