唧唧喳喳 (jī jī zhā zhā) — (onomatopoeia) the sound of birds chirping or p… | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Reduplicated onomatopoeia for lively, continuous sound — birds chirping or people chattering noisily.

onomatopoeia

the sound of birds chirping or people chattering

Easily confused

叽叽喳喳jī jī zhā zhāsound-alike(onomatopoeia) chirping, twittering (of birds)

Examples

唧唧喳喳。
Xiǎo niǎo zài shù shàng jī jī zhā zhā dì jiào ge bù tíng.
The little birds are chirping nonstop in the tree.
唧唧喳喳。
Tā men zài kè tīng lǐ jī jī zhā zhā dì liáo le zhěng zhěng yí xià wǔ.
They chattered away in the living room for the whole afternoon.
唧唧喳喳，。
Jiào shì lǐ chuán lái yí zhèn jī jī zhā zhā shēng, lǎo shī zhǐ hǎo pāi le pāi zhuō zi.
A burst of chattering came from the classroom, so the teacher had to tap the table.

Origin

Single-morpheme word

构词法gòucífǎ

拟声nǐshēngOnomatopoeia

The characters imitate a sound; their individual meanings play no part.

The characters 唧唧喳喳 carry no meaning of their own here; the whole word imitates chirping or chattering sounds.

Sound-only characters

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

口即唧

Meaning part形符xíngfú

口口kǒumouth

Sound part声符shēngfú

即

即jí唧jī

Same sound today

唧 pairs 口 (mouth) with 即, which gives the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

口即唧

Meaning part形符xíngfú

口口kǒumouth

Sound part声符shēngfú

即

即jí唧jī

Same sound today

唧 pairs 口 (mouth) with 即, which gives the sound.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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