叨 dāo talkative
怎么记住“叨”: 口 mouth + 刀 knife = talkative. The cheese seller's mouth never stops while her knife slices, and every customer walks off with her life story, she is that talkative.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
叨 = 口 mouth + 刀 knife
- 口 mouth meaning
- 刀 knife sound
The cheese seller's mouth never stops while her knife slices, and every customer walks off with her life story, she is that talkative.
How it came to be
The mouth gives the meaning and the knife the sound.
用法
- The 'chatter on' character: 唠叨 (láodao) to nag/prattle, 絮叨 (xùdao) to go on and on.
- Separate reading tāo in the polite set phrase 叨扰 (tāorǎo), 'sorry to trouble you' / to impose on someone's hospitality.
- So dāo = tiresome talking; tāo = humble 'to trouble you'.