扑腾 (pū teng) — (onomatopoeia) thump, thud (sound of something heavy falling or flapping); (verb) to flap, to thrash about
Definition
Onomatopoeia for a heavy 'thump' or 'thud' (something falling, flapping, thrashing). Often reduplicated as 扑腾扑腾 to mimic repeated flopping sounds.
onomatopoeia
thumpthud (sound of something heavy falling or flapping)
verb
to flapto thrash about
Examples
- 扑腾，。Zhī tīng jiàn pū teng yī shēng, yí gè dà xiāng zi diào le xià lái.I just heard a thud — a big box fell down.
- 扑腾扑腾。Xiǎo niǎo zài lóng zi lǐ pū teng pū teng dì pāi zhe chì bǎng.The little bird was flapping its wings in the cage with a thumping sound.
- 扑腾。Yú zài àn shàng pū teng le jǐ xià jiù bú dòng le.The fish flopped a few times on the bank and then stopped moving.
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