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絮叨

絮叨

Chinese

		line with cotton wadding	be in receipt of; grumble; garrulous
simp. and trad. (絮叨)		絮	叨

Adjective

絮叨

long-winded

Verb

絮叨

to go on at length about something

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xùdāo

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ ㄉㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁵ dou¹
Min Nan (POJ): sìr-tho͘ / sù-tho / sì-tho

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xùdāo → xùdao (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ ㄉㄠ → ㄒㄩˋ ㄉㄠ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiw.dau
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/ → /ɕy⁵¹ d̥ɑʊ̯¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi⁵ dou¹
  - Yale: séuih dōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁵ dou¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯¹³ tou̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr-tho͘
  - Tâi-lô: sìr-thoo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-tho
  - Tâi-lô: sù-tho
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suo'toy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²¹⁻⁵³ tʰɤ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-tho
  - Tâi-lô: sì-tho
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sie'toy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi²¹⁻⁵³ tʰɤ⁴⁴/