吵闹 (chǎo nào) — to make a racket, to be noisy; to quarrel, to have a loud argument

Definition

吵闹 covers both senses: making noise (a noisy place) and quarreling loudly. The verb separates — 吵闹起来 means 'to start quarreling'.

verb
to make a racketto be noisyto quarrelto have a loud argument

Examples

  • 吵闹
    Tā men yīn wèi xiǎo shì chǎo nào qǐ lái.
    They started quarreling over a small matter.
  • 吵闹
    Gé bì yì zhí zài chǎo nào, wǒ wú fǎ jí zhōng zhù yì lì.
    The neighbors have been making a racket; I can't concentrate.
  • 吵闹
    Zhè jiā cān tīng tài chǎo nào le, wǒ men huàn yì jiā ba.
    This restaurant is too noisy; let's switch to another one.

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