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chirp / mixture of voices / noise / buzzing / clamor, disturbance / noise of crowd
噪
Meaning: zào
1. Many birds or insects making chaotic sounds.
Example: 鹊~ (magpie chirping). 蝉~ (cicadas chirping). 归鸟晚~ (returning birds making noise late in the day).
2. Chaotic sounds.
Example: ~声 (noise). ~音 (clatter). ~聒 (racket).
3. Many people shouting, clamoring, or agitating.
Example: ~嚷 (shouting). ~聚 (gathering with much noise). 声名大~ (making a huge fuss about one's reputation).
Etymology:
1. (Ideophonetic).
2. Same as original meaning ([En.] chirping of birds, insects, etc.)
3. Loud shouting ([En.] make an uproar;clamor).
Example references:
- Han Dynasty, Wang Chong, "On Balance": To speak of defamation, the upright and virtuous face jealousy, the exceptional and remarkable face noise.
- Further examples: 噪逐 (shouting and driving away); 噪儿巴喝 (dialect term for babbling); 噪呼 (clamoring and shouting); 噪喧 (making disturbance); 噪刺刺 (buzzing); 噪嘴 (talkative); 噪噪 (buzzing and chatting); 噪噪切切 (the different sounds from the bass and treble strings of a string instrument).