啾啾 (jiū jiū) — (onomatopoeia) chirp, chirp (birds); (onomatopoeia) piteous cry (small animals)
Definition
Onomatopoeia for small high-pitched sounds: a bird's chirp, or a piteous cry from a kitten, puppy, etc. Usually reduplicated in the same line as the verb 叫.
onomatopoeia
chirpchirp (birds)piteous cry (small animals)
Examples
- 啾啾。Shù shàng chuán lái xiǎo niǎo jiū jiū de jiào shēng.The chirping of little birds came from the tree.
- 啾啾，。Wǒ tīng dào jǐ shēng jiū jiū, yuán lái shì xiǎo māo zài zhǎo mā ma.I heard a few piteous cries — it turned out to be a kitten looking for its mother.
- 啾啾。Chuāng wài de má què zhěng tiān jiū jiū dì jiào zhe.The sparrows outside the window chirp all day long.
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