啧啧 (zé zé) — (onomatopoeia) click of the tongue; a sound expressing admiration, praise, or envy; (onomatopoeia, literary) chirping of birds
Definition
啧啧 (zé zé) is an onomatopoeia in Chinese: it represents the clicking of the tongue to show admiration, praise, or envy. In literary writing it can also imitate birds chirping.
onomatopoeia
click of the tonguea sound expressing admirationpraiseor envy(onomatopoeia, literary) chirping of birds
Examples
- ，啧啧：“！”Tā kàn le kàn nà fú huà, zé zé chēng zàn dào: "zhēn piào liang!"He looked at the painting and clicked his tongue in praise: “Truly beautiful!”
- ，啧啧。Péng you men tīng shuō tā kǎo shàng le hā fó, dōu zé zé xiàn mù bù yǐ.When her friends heard she got into Harvard, they all clicked their tongues in envy.
- ，啧啧。Qīng chén de shù lín lǐ, xiǎo niǎo zài zhī tóu zé zé dì jiào zhe.In the morning woods, little birds chirped on the branches.
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