吱吱 (zhī) — (onomatopoeia) chirp (of birds); squeak (of mice, rubber)
Definition
Onomatopoeia for thin, high-pitched animal and object sounds — birds chirping, mice squeaking, or a toy being squeezed. It reduplicates as 吱吱叫 or 吱吱声 to name the sound itself.
onomatopoeia
chirp (of birds)squeak (of mice, rubber)
Examples
- 吱吱。Xiǎo niǎo zài shù shàng zhī dì jiào.Little birds are chirping in the tree.
- 吱吱。Bàn yè lǐ wǒ tīng dào lǎo shǔ zhī de shēng yīn.In the middle of the night I heard the squeaking of mice.
- 吱吱。Zhè ge wán jù yì niē jiù huì fā chū zhī shēng.This toy makes a squeaking sound when you squeeze it.
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