啰 luō
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 罒 — net, network
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
啰唆
luōsuo
long-winded; verbose; troublesome
Characters in this word
唆 suō
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Made of
- 口 mouth 夋 to dawdle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他解释得太啰唆，反而掩盖了问题的核心。 Tā jiěshì de tài luōsuo, fǎn'ér yǎngài le wèntí de héxīn. His explanation was too long-winded and instead obscured the core of the issue.
- 奶奶有点啰唆，每次都要说好几遍。 Nǎinai yǒudiǎn luōsuo, měi cì dōu yào shuō hǎo jǐ biàn. Grandma is a bit long-winded and says things several times every time.
- 别啰唆了，直接告诉我结果吧。 Bié luōsuo le, zhíjiē gàosu wǒ jiéguǒ ba. Stop waffling and just tell me the result.
Related words
- 冗长 rǒngcháng lengthy and tedious; verbose
- 简要 jiǎnyào brief; concise
- 宽泛 kuānfàn broad; wide-ranging; vague
- 精练 jīngliàn concise; refined
- 笼统 lǒngtǒng vague; general; sweeping
- 简练 jiǎnliàn concise and polished
- 生硬 shēngyìng stiff; unnatural
- 简洁 jiǎnjié concise; succinct; simple and clear
- 尖锐 jiānruì sharp; acute; penetrating
- 简短 jiǎnduǎn brief; short
- 抨击 pēngjī to criticise sharply; to attack verbally
- 夸夸其谈 kuākuāqítán to talk big; to make grandiose claims