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Chinese symbol for “nagging”

唠叨
láo dao
Traditional: 嘮叨
to prattle; to chatter away; to nag; garrulous

The closest CC-CEDICT match for nagging is 唠叨 (láo dao), defined as: to prattle; to chatter away; to nag; garrulous; nagging.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

唠 láo
to chat, to gossip, to jaw, to talk
radical 30 ⼝ · 10 strokes
叨 dao
talkative; grumbling
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 唠叨.

WordPinyinMeaning
唠唠叨叨 (嘮嘮叨叨)láo lao dāo dāoto chatter; to babble
唠嗑 (嘮嗑)lào kē(dialect) to chat; to gossip
叨唠 (叨嘮)dāo laoto be chattersome; to talk on and on without stopping
念叨niàn daoto talk about often; to reminisce about
叨叨dāo daoto chatter; to hog the conversation
絮絮叨叨xù xu dāo dāolong-winded; garrulous
絮叨xù daolong-winded; garrulous

See also: Japanese symbol for “nagging”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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