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呱呱

guāguā / gūgū
interjection #41,559

Meanings

  1. 1 croak (of frogs)
  2. 2 quack (of ducks)

Examples

HSK 5
鸭子呱呱的叫声把我吵醒了。
Yāzi guāguā de jiàoshēng bǎ wǒ chǎoxǐng le.
The ducks' quacking woke me up.
HSK 7-9
池塘里的青蛙呱呱地叫。
Chítáng lǐ de qīngwā guāguā de jiào.
The frogs in the pond are croaking.

Tips

usage
呱呱 imitates a loud, harsh call. The sound also gave 呱呱叫 and 顶呱呱, both "excellent, first-rate". For a newborn's cry the standard reading is gūgū, as in 呱呱坠地 "to come into the world crying".

Stroke Order

呱 guā