Onomatopoeia
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- Also known as: 象声词 (xiàngshēngcí) and 拟声词 (nǐshēngcí).
Onomatopoeia are words which represent sounds and noises.
Notes
- Laughter
- 哈哈
- 呵呵
- 嘿嘿
- 可可
- Animals
- 吠
- 嘎嘎
- 喵
- 咩
- 哞
- 冥冥
- 萧萧
- Nature
- 哗哗
- 呼呼
- 轰隆
- Collisions
- 叮当
- 乒乓
- 扑通
Sources and further reading
- 外国人实用汉语语法(中英文对照) (pp. 150 - 153)
- Chinese Tools: Animal sounds
