() — (onomatopoeia) toot, beep (sound of a horn or electronic device); (verb) to pout, to purse one's lips (in displeasure)

Definition

嘟 is an onomatopoeia for a short beep or honk (喇叭、手机短信), and it also describes pursing the lips, as in 噘着嘴/pouting.

onomatopoeia
tootbeep (sound of a horn or electronic device)
verb
to poutto purse one's lips (in displeasure)

Examples

  • Qì chē lǎ ba dū dū dì xiǎng.
    The car horn went beep beep.
  • Tā tīng le zhè huà, dū zhe zuǐ bù shuō huà.
    After hearing this, she pouted and didn't speak.
  • Shǒu jī shōu dào duǎn xìn shí dū le yī shēng.
    The phone beeped when it received a text message.

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