粵

吵caau2耳ji5

caau2 ji5chǎo ěr

English

  1. irritating to one's ears
  2. noisy; to describe a sound as disturbing or annoying, because it is too loud or unpleasant to hear etc.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容聲音因為音量大或難聽等原因,令人覺得唔舒服或煩擾

Examples

  • 佢一路咦依哦哦真係好嘈。

    她一直嘮嘮叨叨真的很吵耳。 (taa1 jat1 zik6 lou4 lou4 dou1 dou1 zan1 dik1 han2 caau2 ji5.)

    She is really noisy when she keeps on babbling.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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