嘟嘟 (dū dū) — (onomatopoeia) toot toot; honk (sound of a horn)

Definition

嘟嘟 (dū dū) is an onomatopoeia for a repeated short honk or beep — horns, toy cars, trains. It reduplicates as a single word and is used directly as a sound verb.

onomatopoeia

toot toothonk (sound of a horn)

Examples

嘟嘟。
Wài miàn chuán lái dū dū de lǎ ba shēng.
The sound of a horn came from outside.
，嘟嘟。
Xiǎo hái àn zhe wán jù chē, fā chū dū dū de xiǎng shēng.
The child pressed the toy car and made a toot-toot sound.
嘟嘟。
Huǒ chē dū dū dì xiǎng zhe kāi le guò qù.
The train went by with a toot-toot sound.

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