tào lao
Pronunciation
Northern
/ta̤ːw˨˩ laːw˧˧/
Central
/taːw˧˧ laːw˧˥/
Southern
/taːw˨˩ laːw˧˧/
Listen
nonsensical or idle
Adjective
nonsensical or idle
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Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Adjective
nonsensical or idle Appearance & Personality
Describing words or actions that are idle, silly, or make very little sense.
vi Bạn đừng nên nghe những lời tào lao đó.
en You should not listen to those nonsensical words.
Parts
tào / lao / 嘈勞
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Parts
tào / lao / 嘈勞
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
嘈勞
Candidates by syllable
tào
嘈（曹）
lao
勞（牢 / 嘮 / 嶗 / 癆）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
xàm / Tào Tháo rượt / tào / tào phớ …
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Similar
xàm / Tào Tháo rượt / tào / tào phớ …
Use
nam tào / thầy tào / tào tháo rượt / tào thực …
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Use
nam tào / thầy tào / tào tháo rượt / tào thực …