念叨
niàn​dao

mutter

念叨 niàn​dao
mutter verb
to repeat something over and over or harp on a topic; to mumble to oneself

他嘴里不停地念叨着，不知道在抱怨什么。

tā zuǐ lǐ bù​tíng de niàn​dao zhe, bù zhī​dào zài bào​yuàn shén​me.

He kept muttering to himself, though I don't know what he was complaining about.

reminisce verb
to talk about someone or something frequently, especially out of longing, concern, or nostalgia

奶奶经常念叨着要回老家看看。

nǎi​nai jīng​cháng niàn​dao zhe yào huí lǎo​jiā kàn kàn.

Grandma often talks about going back to visit her hometown.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
2.12 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
2.60 per million

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Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)